2026 Federal Budget: Negative Gearing and CGT Changes for Housing

The 2026 Federal Budget limits negative gearing and cuts CGT discounts. What does this mean for investors, first home buyers, renters, and housing providers?

Who is responsible for housing affordability in Australia?

No single level of government is responsible for housing affordability in Australia. This post maps who holds each lever, from federal tax settings and state planning systems to the RBA, and what the evidence says about what needs to change.

What the demographic shift means for aged care and retirement living development in Australia

Australia's 65+ population is growing rapidly. This article explores the demographic shift, emerging supply gaps, and what they mean for future development.

Affordable Housing in Victoria: How Net Community Benefit Shapes Planning Decisions

Understand how Victoria's planning system embeds affordable housing through net community benefit, Section 173 agreements, and the Built Form Overlay. Practical guidance for housing providers.

Crisis Accommodation Funding in Australia: What Providers Need to Know

A guide to Safe Places, HAFF CTAP, and NHIF CT - Australia's key federal funding programs for crisis accommodation, with eligibility and delivery guidance for housing providers

Crisis Accommodation Australia: What It Is & Who It's For

What is crisis accommodation in Australia, who does it serve, and why is it so hard to deliver? Guidance for housing providers from MakeSpace.

Residential Care and Specialised Accommodation Handover: Why Getting It Right Before Occupancy Matters

Defects, commissioning, certification and documentation all need to come together properly before occupancy. We’ve put together a practical breakdown of what a successful handover looks like.

Retirement Living Australia: Supply Gap & 2026 Outlook

Australia's retirement villages are at ~96% occupancy with a worsening supply gap. What's driving demand, the cost outlook, and what it means for project delivery.

Project Management vs Superintendency: What Does Your Project Need?

On most projects, the Project Manager and Superintendent roles sit side by side. But they’re not the same. Here's a breakdown of how the two roles work and what to think about when setting up your project.

Contractor Procurement for Housing Providers: How to Select a Builder You Can Trust

Choosing a head contractor is one of the biggest decisions in any housing project. Things like criteria, scores, risk appetite, capacity, sector experience and how a contractor actually performs on site are all factors to consider.

Feasibility Study vs Business Case: What It Means for Housing Project Planning

A Feasibility Study and Business Case are closely related, but they serve different purposes. Understanding that difference is important if you’re working toward housing project funding approval.

Six Phases of Housing Project Delivery: Where Projects Usually Go Off Track (and How to Stay on Course)

Understanding what can go wrong at each stage, and how to prevent it, is one of the most effective ways of managing delivery risk in housing projects

Student Accommodation Development: Beyond Beds, Built for Connection

Good student accommodation balances privacy with community. Safe spaces to study. Communal areas that bring people together. Amenities that support wellbeing, not just occupancy rates.

Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Project Delivery: How to Know What to Build Under the NDIS

For providers entering or scaling within SDA, success starts with three pillars: demand clarity, design alignment, and operational readiness.

Everything You Need For a Feaso: What It Takes to Secure Funding

Most grants, government funding programs, and institutional investments require a strong housing development business case before funding is approved.

Aged Care Project Delivery in Australia: Why Building Good Aged Care Starts with Dignity

Aged care project delivery needs to start with empathy: understanding how residents live, how carers work, and how buildings perform over decades of use.

Social, Public, Community and Affordable Housing Explained: Understanding Australia’s Housing Spectrum

The terms social housing, public housing and community housing are often used interchangeably, but they mean different things in practice.

Rental Affordability in Australia: What the Numbers Mean for Housing Providers

Rental stress is now the norm for low-income Victorians, key workers, and renters across most of regional Victoria. Here's what the data shows, and what it demands from the organisations building social and affordable homes.

Why Continuity Across Project Phases Matters More Than Most Providers Realise

When a different team picks up a housing or care project at each phase, critical knowledge walks out the door with them. Here's what gets lost and what continuity across the full lifecycle actually delivers.

Feasibility Collapses Post COVID and How to Make Projects Stack Up

Construction costs are 30% higher than before COVID and still climbing. For aged care, community housing, and social housing providers, that's not a market condition, it's a delivery problem. Here's what's happening and what to do about it.

Importance of dignity in housing people

Dignity isn't a design feature, it's a delivery outcome. Here's what it looks like in practice across aged care, community housing, SDA, and crisis accommodation, and why the decisions made before construction begins are the ones that matter most.

Town Planning Approval vs Stakeholder Engagement

Town planning approval and stakeholder engagement are not the same thing. Here's what housing and care providers need to understand about both, and why confusing them puts projects at risk.

The Housing Crisis affects more that 3.5M People. So What's Being Done About It?

Australia’s housing crisis is a reality that affects lives every day. More that 3.5M people sleep rough every day. How are the public and private sector helping to solve this problem and what is society's role?