Australia’s largest superannuation fund, AustralianSuper, has bought a 25 per cent share in a Melbourne affordable housing development group Assemble Communities. Assemble Communities reported the investment from the fund will allow it to grow its “rent with the option to buy” property portfolio, named the Assemble Model, and over time, to deliver build-to-rent assets. The…
First-home buyers are “vacuuming up” available titled land, even blocks that have been sitting on the market for more than two years, in a rush to get the HomeBuilder grant, agents and developers say. Inquiries have tripled and land sales have gone up by more than 300 per cent since the HomeBuilder scheme was announced…
The $1 billion Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund will deliver additional supply of social and affordable housing. A dedicated fund has been established to support innovative partnerships between the Victorian Government and consortia including the community housing, private, not for profit and local government sectors. It will go hand-in-hand with the other new social housing…
Having spent over half a decade as the General Manager of Sunland Group’s Melbourne operation, which has delivered iconic projects such as Chirnside Gardens and Carre Residences, David Morgan has recently co-founded a new Development and Project Management business with leading residential project marketing firm Red23. The new development and project management business adds to…
Addressing the long term housing shortage issue meant assessing all facets in an end to end development model, pulling absolutely everything apart to arrive at a collective model that meets the growing problem of affordable and social housing in the construction sector. And it starts with innovation. We could review residential development in many forms…
Fire-resistant – Bal 29 Sustainable and recyclable – great for the environment Build under 150 hours – there are your holding costs! R-value of 8.6 energy efficiency – tick, tick! Moisture resistant – no black mould – ticking the health box! No gypsum board and formaldehyde – gosh have you researched these before? Can withstand…
Almost $16 million will be invested into rebuilding infrastructure damaged by the 2019 monsoon trough in north and north-west Queensland. Funding will go towards 46 resilience projects in addition to the $93 million already approved through a federal and state government partnership to build stronger, more resilient infrastructure in regional Queensland. Emergency Management Minister David…
Industry super funds are set to endorse proposals for state and federal governments to release cheap land and offer tax incentives so that retirement funds can invest in affordable housing during the economic recovery. Superannuation firms and community housing groups have been in discussions for 12 months about lobbying the federal government together for subsidies…
The Federal Government will fast-track investment in critical infrastructure projects including Inland Rail; the Marinus Link; the Olympic Dam extension; NSW emergency town water projects; and road, rail and iron ore projects in Western Australia, as part of its new JobMaker plan. In a speech at CEDA’s State of the Nation Conference, Prime Minister, Scott…
With more than 1 million women now working in Stem roles in the UK, the drive for gender diversity is starting to pay off. But there’s still more to do … and the place to begin is in schools. The number of women working in core Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) jobs in the…