ABS Building Activity released today show a record June quarter in housing commencements, stimulated by HomeBuilder and low interest rates, seeing a massive 212,000 housing starts nationally result, which is around 100,000 homes above previous FY2021 forecasts made at the beginning of COVID. The 4th quarter June 2021 result of 65,000 commencements alone is the […]

Infrastructure Australia has today published its landmark 2021 Australian Infrastructure Plan, calling for a new wave of infrastructure reform with a 15-year roadmap to drive our standard of living and improve the resilience and sustainability of our essential infrastructure, which now includes Social Infrastructure including Community Housing. PowerHousing applauds Infrastructure Australia for stepping in with the Australian […]

Strong ABS lending and building approvals, stimulated by HomeBuilder and low interest rates, is seeing a domestic home buyer resurgence bolstered by the record cohort of expats returning to Australia. However, decimation of visa class arrivals presents a looming market demand risk and future activity drop. In net terms, we have seen three quarters of […]

PowerHousing today provided submissions to the Department of Social Services National Plan to End Violence Against Women and their Children. As per our submission, it is critical that the Australian Government is developing the next National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children (the National Plan) with housing being at its heart. With rising […]

PowerHousing again joined around 60 national peak leaders at the Treasury lockup for the Federal Budget in Canberra. The FY2022 Federal Budget pulls many levers to help Australia emerge from its biggest health emergency in generations, but leaves the door open for further housing measures to tackle a rapidly escalating housing affordability crisis that has […]

With an address commending PowerHousing Members from Federal Housing Minister Sukkar and Federal Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese, some of the best individuals and teams in social and affordable housing Community Housing were recognised at the 2020 PowerHousing Awards. 2020 is different and as a result, PowerHousing Academy has created new people-focused Awards for […]

The $5.3b Victorian social housing stimulus will eclipse any programs in recent history to arrest the decline in purpose built social and affordable housing with Community Housing Providers partnering with the private sector for social outcome, bolster jobs and drive the COVID recovery. Our Victorian Members are ecstatic with the announcement that after having been […]

PowerHousing Australia attended a much depleted group of 50 peak bodies at Budget lockup in Canberra last night for arguably the first of five of the most challenging Federal Budgets that Australia will ever face. A key outcome from last night’s budget sought is to provide direct measures and a whole of economy response that […]

PowerHousing Australia welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Government that 40 projects would be funded to build new safe places for women and children escaping domestic violence. On average, one woman is killed in Australia each week by a current or former partner.  Under the Safe Places initiative, around 700 new safe places will be […]

In this time of 2020 change, Exxon Mobil (Esso) will at the end of August leave the Dow Jones industrial average, which is the classic blue-chip stock index that measures investment and company performance of the top 30 companies in the US. Exxon joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1928, as Standard Oil, one […]