Shelter WA

This year’s Homelessness Week brought together business, government and not-for-profits to figure out how to meet Australia’s affordable and social housing needs.

Iain Shields is acutely aware of the challenges around social housing, having experienced them personally in the UK and then in a professional capacity in Australia.

The state government has announced a 10-year homeless strategy, with $72 million to fund the construction of two facilities in Perth to house people experiencing chronic homelessness.

City officials and service providers say helping Perth’s homeless requires more investment from federal and state governments.

Perth house prices jumped 1.1 per cent last month and are selling at the fastest rate since 2006, new data released today shows.

The Western Australian government has blamed spiralling debt under the previous administration for its failure to house more vulnerable people.

A consortium led by Aboriginal-owned business Noongar Mia Mia has earned a $7 million contract to help support the state government’s housing first homeless initiative.

Nearly two-thirds of voters have cited homelessness as a major issue ahead of the state election, with efforts to build social and affordable housing drawing broad support.

Housing Choices Australia launches in WA amid expected increase in demand for social housing.

Industry leaders are finding ways to address shortfalls in affordable housing and homeless accommodation.

Newly appointed boss of the WA Alliance to End Homelessness David Pearson said it was not ‘normal’ for a city like Perth to have high numbers of people experiencing homelessness.

The City of Stirling has backed off on its plan to introduce a social housing quota for future developments following feedback from industry groups, including Adrian Fini's group.

Premier and Treasurer Mark McGowan is expected to reveal a healthy surplus and spending to fight inflation in the WA budget.

The head of the state’s peak land development group says WA will miss out if it does not get its act together on housing.

The Property Council of Australia and Shelter WA have released their state election platforms, painting a bleak picture of the state’s housing sector.

The state government has allocated $92.2 million in the upcoming budget, to support and expand more than 120 homelessness services across Western Australia.

Nearly half of renters are living in houses infested with pests as fresh data reveals Perth is now the least affordable capital city in the nation to rent in.