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It’s time to abandon unrealistic housing targets

February 12, 2026 - 00:01 -- Admin

Announcing targets is easy. Delivering on them is the hard part. Two years ago, the Albanese government, alongside the states, announced the National Housing Accord, which set a target of building 1.2 million homes over five years from 1 July 2024, equating to 240,000 housing completions annually. This target was always overly ambitious, given that

Home ownership has never been harder in Australia

February 11, 2026 - 13:30 -- Admin

Caitlin Fitzsimmons, the environment and climate reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, has written an article challenging the common belief that younger Australians are being locked out of home ownership. While it’s true that people in their 20s are buying later than previous generations, Fitzsimmons points to Census data compiled by the Australian Institute of