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MHADA to venture into student hostel, old age home, rental housing sectors
1 week, 5 days ago

MHADA to venture into student hostel, old age home, rental housing sectors

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: For the first time in the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority’s 47-year-old existence, the housing body will foray into diverse housing solutions like rental housing, student accommodation, working women’s hostels, shared units, studio apartments, industrial housing, and old age homes. MHADA to venture into student hostel, old age home, rental housing sectors According to MHADA officials, the plan …

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NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson underestimates Sydney rent prices
1 month, 1 week ago

NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson underestimates Sydney rent prices

ABC  

NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson has suggested it is possible to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney for "a couple of hundred bucks" a week. Asked where in Sydney it was possible to find a two-bedroom property for that much, Ms Jackson said: "There are places in Sydney you can". "We think it's clear that the minister believes, as we …

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Dharavi redevelopment: State proposes sending residents to Deonar dumping yard
3 months, 1 week ago

Dharavi redevelopment: State proposes sending residents to Deonar dumping yard

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: After meeting with staunch opposition in places like Mulund, Kurla, Dahisar and Bhakti Park, the state housing department has proposed to rehabilitate Dharavi residents who are ineligible for free housing within the slum cluster at the dumping ground in Deonar. “The BMC is corresponding with the state government regarding using the Deonar dumping ground plot for rental housing for …

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Can the Labour government fix the broken private rental market?
3 months, 1 week ago

Can the Labour government fix the broken private rental market?

The Independent  

The huge political row about cuts in eligibility for the pensioners’ winter fuel payment overshadowed another potentially even more far-reaching and radical reform proposed by the government – the Renters Bill. For Labour, when it is enacted, it will represent another important manifesto pledge fulfilled, and will mean major changes in the private rental market. In no particular order: the …

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Plan to resettle Dharavi residents at Dahisar dropped following local opposition
3 months, 1 week ago

Plan to resettle Dharavi residents at Dahisar dropped following local opposition

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Under pressure from Dahisar residents, the state government has cancelled its plans of relocating the ineligible tenants of the Dharavi slums at the Dahisar octroi naka depot. Along with Dahisar, BMC and government-owned plots at Mulund, Wadala and Kurla were chosen to resettle Dharavi residents. BOX Unwelcome everywhere Plans to construct rental housing for the Dharavi slum dwellers in …

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Netizens discuss a case of ₹38,000 rent for unfurnished 1 BHK in Bengaluru, post goes viral on Reddit
4 months ago

Netizens discuss a case of ₹38,000 rent for unfurnished 1 BHK in Bengaluru, post goes viral on Reddit

Hindustan Times  

In another social media discussion on Bengaluru’s rental housing market, a Reddit post revealed that tenants in the city are paying up to ₹38,000 for an unfurnished 1 BHK unit. Netizens discuss a case of ₹ 38,000 rent for unfurnished 1 BHK in Bengaluru, post goes viral on Reddit The discussion started with a certain user asking how are folks …

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Budget 2024: Focus on digitisation of land records, Urban development gets a leg up
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Focus on digitisation of land records, Urban development gets a leg up

Hindustan Times  

Urban development is one of the nine priorities outlined by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her speech on July 23. Urban development proposals The finance minister in her seventh straight budget said that three crore additional houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in rural and urban areas in the country have been announced, for which the necessary allocations …

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Budget 2024: Karnataka home buyers' wishlist for FM - focus on rental housing, take measures to strengthen RERA
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Karnataka home buyers' wishlist for FM - focus on rental housing, take measures to strengthen RERA

Hindustan Times  

With record launches and transactions, the Indian real estate sector is keenly eyeing Budget 2024-25 which is slated to be tabled in the Parliament a few weeks from now. Focus on affordable rental housing and measures to strengthen RERA 2016 are among some items on Karnataka home buyers' wish list for the FM According to a Knight Frank India report, …

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Top Indian Cities See 50% Drop In Rental Growth As Housing Supply Rises
6 months ago

Top Indian Cities See 50% Drop In Rental Growth As Housing Supply Rises

News 18  

With more supply hitting the top 7 cities’ markets, overheated housing rents are stabilising. Latest Anarock data shows that average residential rental prices across key markets in these cities saw a 2-4% quarterly rise in Q2 2024 to date over the preceding quarter. Sohna Road and Dwarka saw their respective quarterly rents increase by 3% and 2% in Q2 2024; …

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My rent has gone up £300 a month’: Pain of soaring costs and zero hours contracts
7 months, 3 weeks ago

My rent has gone up £300 a month’: Pain of soaring costs and zero hours contracts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Renters who can’t absorb these costs risk being evicted from …

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Mining town retirees face rising rents after years of company-sponsored housing
9 months ago

Mining town retirees face rising rents after years of company-sponsored housing

ABC  

The sound of bingo balls pouring into a metal tumbler signals the start of an important social gathering for a group of retirees in Western Australia's north-west coast. "Unless you're working for the big companies, getting a decent chunk paid for your housing allowance, it's not really a place to be," she said. "There are people who have spent 15 …

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Will another housing price boom spark a negative gearing policy U-turn?
10 months ago

Will another housing price boom spark a negative gearing policy U-turn?

ABC  

There's an uncomfortable reality most of our political leaders are unwilling to confront. The worst ideas, such as allowing first home buyers to tap into their superannuation, would only add to demand and deliver windfall gains to sellers while denuding younger generations of a retirement income. Not surprisingly, since January last year, Australian property prices have been on a tear, …

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NAREDCO seeks ₹50,000 crore more under SWAMIH Fund in Budget 2024
1 year ago

NAREDCO seeks ₹50,000 crore more under SWAMIH Fund in Budget 2024

Hindustan Times  

Real estate developers' body National Real Estate Development Council has recommended to the finance ministry to come up with the second tranche of the Special Window for Affordable and Mid-Income Housing fund with a corpus value of ₹50,000 crore in the upcoming budget for the financial year 2024-2025, saying the move is expected to benefit both home buyers as well …

Housing Tax Projects Fund Crore Gst Two Years
4 states have updated law on lines of Model Tenancy Act: Hardeep Puri
1 year ago

4 states have updated law on lines of Model Tenancy Act: Hardeep Puri

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: Only four states, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam, have revised their tenancy laws on the lines of the model tenancy law circulated by the Union government in 2021, Union housing and urban affairs minister Hardeep Singh Puri told Lok Sabha on Thursday. The housing and urban affairs ministry, however, prepared the model law in an …

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Matt Turner and his mum find a rental after 70 days in a tent, but it's 342km from their home in Port Lincoln
1 year ago

Matt Turner and his mum find a rental after 70 days in a tent, but it's 342km from their home in Port Lincoln

ABC  

After 70 days of living in a tent with their two dogs, Matt Turner and his mother Kristy finally have a roof over their heads again — but it's more than 340 kilometres from home. Key points: Matt and Kristy Turner were homeless at a time there were 40 empty state houses awaiting maintenance The Turners have secured a private …

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If housing was considered a human right, would it fix our housing crisis?
1 year, 1 month ago

If housing was considered a human right, would it fix our housing crisis?

ABC  

What should we do about our housing crisis? The Commission had been given the task, by the wartime Labor government, of figuring out how to fix Australia's acute housing shortage and provide adequate housing for everyone in the aftermath of World War II. Well, last week the NSW Housing Minister, Rose Jackson, said we'll have to treat housing as a …

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Demand for share housing keeps rising as cost-of-living crisis continues
1 year, 1 month ago

Demand for share housing keeps rising as cost-of-living crisis continues

ABC  

Former Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe said if Australians were struggling to cope with rising rents and mortgage interest payments, they might "economise" on their housing by getting a flatmate. Key points: More home owners are renting out spare rooms as interest rates rise again In some suburbs, hundreds of people are looking for each share room but no rooms …

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Build-to-rent housing is gaining momentum, so will it help ease the rental crisis?
1 year, 2 months ago

Build-to-rent housing is gaining momentum, so will it help ease the rental crisis?

ABC  

As the housing crisis persists and home ownership slips beyond the reach of many Australians, a new model of housing known as build-to-rent is increasingly being touted as part of the solution. Build-to-rent housing is relatively common in countries like the US and the United Kingdom, but it's only been gathering momentum here in Australia recently. Michael Fotheringham from the …

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Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live
1 year, 7 months ago

Black children are more likely to have asthma. A lot comes down to where they live

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The majority of what drives disparities in asthma, it’s actually social and …

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Australia's rental vacancies are at a record low – for LGBTQIA+ young people, the housing market is even tighter
1 year, 7 months ago

Australia's rental vacancies are at a record low – for LGBTQIA+ young people, the housing market is even tighter

ABC  

Eden feels safer on the street than a hostel, where they must identify as a man or woman for a bed. Almost all gender diverse young people they interviewed had experienced transphobic violence at home, and were very often leaving home "because of their family's negative reaction to their gender identity," she said. "LGBTQIA+ young people try to utilise these …

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41 lakh homes in the pipeline in state
1 year, 7 months ago

41 lakh homes in the pipeline in state

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Over 1.6 crore citizens are waiting for delivery of 41 lakh homes in the pipeline which has an estimated investment of ₹14 lakh crore, said Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority chairperson Ajoy Mehta emphasising why regulation was required from the government, and warned that Authority will not hesitate to use its powers to ensure developers comply with the statutory …

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Can Labor solve the housing affordability crisis while lucrative property tax breaks exist?
1 year, 7 months ago

Can Labor solve the housing affordability crisis while lucrative property tax breaks exist?

ABC  

Norma Wannell never imagined she would be homeless. RBA says first home buyer and building grants pushed up house prices Photo shows An aerial shot of the inner-city Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn Government subsidies such as first home buyer grants and HomeBuilder have boosted demand for homes and helped push up house prices, with "pervasive" impacts on housing outcomes …

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5,648 vacant houses converted into affordable rental housing for urban poor and migrant workers
1 year, 8 months ago

5,648 vacant houses converted into affordable rental housing for urban poor and migrant workers

The Hindu  

A total of 5,648 vacant houses built under various government schemes have been converted into ‘Affordable Rental Housing Complexes’, a scheme which the Centre had announced during the COVID-19 pandemic to help migrant workers and urban poor employed in the informal sector secure accommodation. The Urban Development Ministry has also approved construction of 82,273 new units under the scheme in …

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University of California’s $4-billion real estate investment will worsen housing crisis, unions say
1 year, 11 months ago

University of California’s $4-billion real estate investment will worsen housing crisis, unions say

LA Times  

Unionized academic workers across the University of California’s 10 campuses picketed in November, calling for better pay and benefits. Unions representing 110,000 university employees say UC’s Blackstone deal will only make housing more unaffordable. “Through this new partnership with Blackstone Inc., the University will become a major driver of this affordability crisis for the UC community and the rest of …

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