Auction market stumbles as buyers balk at higher rates Australian property auction clearance rates hit their lowest point in 2026 at 66.6% as RBA rate hikes cool buyer enthusiasm, despite rising listing volumes.

Auction market stumbles as buyers balk at higher rates

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Perth Rents Soar Past Sydney as Supply Crisis Eases Slightly Perth's median rents have jumped $340 per week since 2020. But vacancy rates improving offer first cautious signs the rental crisis may be stabilising.

Perth Rents Soar Past Sydney as Supply Crisis Eases Slightly

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First Home Buyers Can Now Enter the Market with Deposits as Low as 2% in 2026 Australian first home buyers can now purchase with deposits as low as 2%. Guide to First Home Guarantee, state grants, Help to Buy, and superannuation access.

First Home Buyers Can Now Enter the Market with Deposits as Low as 2% in 2026

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A screenshot from the Govee app showing hygrometer readings for the last 24 hours inside my house. The overnight minimum was 28.8 degrees, the maximum was 36.9 degrees, and the average was 32.3 degrees. It's currently 35.1 degrees at 18:01 INSIDE MY HOUSE

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'Not a house, it's a home': Public housing tenants' human rights breached An ACT Supreme Court judge quotes from Cicero and the movie The Castle, as she rules in favour of three Canberra public housing tenants who claimed plans to move them breached their human rights.

Governments don't get to treat social housing tenants like cattle

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Australia spends more on tax breaks for landlords than social housing, homelessness and rent assistance combined Exclusive: Acoss report shows property investors received $12.3bn in tax concessions in 2025, while the share of social housing dropped to a record low

Landleeches are literally ruining our economy and still having a sook about renters being entitled for demanding habitable homes

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The tough balance of social housing as Perth mother faces eviction As protesters strive to keep a woman from community housing eviction, the complexities of her situation collide with a housing provider's options.

WA gov talks about all the support available to us in community housing but, as we saw in my emails yesterday, the reality of those services being available is an entirely different box of frogs. I bet I could find provider liability in this case. #AusPol #AusHousing

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Ombudsman Complaint Hello Ms [redacted], I am hoping you can either reply to this email, or call me back on [redacted], so that we can progress your request for our Department to coordinate a meeting at the property with Community Housing Limited (CHL) and to review any outstanding issues at the property. As I suggested previously, I would encourage this meeting to be recorded and that you have an advocate with you. If you haven’t already obtained an advocate through the Ombudsman, then perhaps the information on our website will help, which includes a link to an Agency/Advocate Consent Form. https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-housing-and-works/department-of-housing-and-works-housing-advocates Regards, Tony. Tony [redacted] Principal Relationship and Contract Manager | Community Housing Portfolio and Asset Services WA Department of Housing and Works

Ombudsman Complaint Hello Tony As I advised in my most recent email to you on 31st October 2025, attached herein for your ease of reference: “Yes, I would appreciate you coordinating, as you kindly offered in your original email dated 15th October 2025, the necessary meeting with the State Operations Manager at CHL to review the outstanding issues at the property. I do not have an advocate through the Ombudsman WA and am not aware of any such service being available through their office. If the Department has advocacy services available for which I am eligible, I will gladly accept their involvement.”. I was under the impression that the Department had been progressing the matter following my email, as was the Ombudsman WA in their correspondence to me. Please advise what progress the Department has made between 31st October 2025 and now. Regards Claire [redacted]

Ombudsman Complaint Hello Ms [redacted], Please can you confirm if Monday, 12 January 2026 at 2pm is acceptable to you? If you wish for me to arrange an advocate, please complete and return the form attached. Regards, Tony. Tony [redacted] Principal Relationship and Contract Manager | Community Housing Portfolio and Asset Services WA Department of Housing and Works

Ombudsman Complaint Hello Tony Please advise the name of the advocate or advocacy agency I should provide in the first box on the form you attached below. To be clear, the form you provided is not an application form for advocacy services, it is a consent form authorising a specific person or agency (to which I do not have access) to act on my behalf. I cannot lawfully consent to an unknown party acting on my behalf. I can confirm that Monday 12th January 2026 at 2:00pm is acceptable to me. Regards Claire [redacted]

This wet bitch really got roused by the Ombudsman WA & tried to make it look like it was me not responding that was holding things up when it was HIM. So I dragged my balls across his face & he stopped responding. His salary is 10x my disability pension. This started 13/01/2025.

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A screenshot of the temperature and relative humidity readings from my indoor hygrometer between 26th August 2025 and 23rd September 2025. The coldest reading was 15.1 degrees Celsius on 10th September and the hottest reading was 26.5 degrees Celsius on 22nd September. The average temperature was 19.2 degrees Celsius. Minimum humidity was 31.8% on 22nd September and maximum humidity was 75.8% on 4th September. Average humidity was 58.2%.

Ah, September in Perth/boorloo. When it's both too cold (<18C) and too hot (>25C) inside my 50s-built government-owned, community housing-managed, asbestos-contaminated shithole with the insulation removed from the collapsing ceiling. Thus begins the summer dread.

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Imagine trying to "per previous email" a disability pensioner community housing tenant who is demonstrably more competent than every party to the email chain and doesn't get paid anywhere near enough to deal with this shit. Taxpayer dollars well spent, eh?

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When you ask the government a few simple questions and they turn it into some bullshit. Bitch, you will KNOW when I've made my formal request - this ain't it. Shout-out to my comrade off-platform for sending me the application fee money 🖤

Community housing is obviously a scam.

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State property valued at $800k sold for $385k, audit of land agency finds An auditor-general report into DevelopmentWA, sparked in part by the conviction of a former public servant who stole millions of taxpayer dollars, finds there "could have been fraud" at the state gove...

Not more fraud in the WA government? I've been telling the WA government since 2019 that the fraud at the housing authority persists at my house. I've even tried to give them evidence they point blank refuse to look at. Monotonous ineptitude.

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Community Housing is a virtue signalling circle jerk from the most junior administrative clerk to the Minister for Housing and it is killing the vulnerable human beings they parade around as pets in their corporate brochures and tenant newsletters. And nobody fucking cares.

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A screenshot of a graph showing temperature readings in degrees Celsius between 24th April and 22nd May 2025. The hottest was 29.1 degrees at 13:12 on 10th May, and the coldest was 16.1 degrees at 08:16 on 21st May. Temperatures above 25 and below 18 degrees are tracked in red due to World Health Organisations guidelines generally stating indoor temperatures outside those limits start causing health issues. After an unseasonably warm start to autumn & djeran it's finally starting to get cold overnight, so 16 degrees feels chilly as fuck.

Imagine living in a properly insulated house, not having trauma nightmares about sleeping on the streets through winter as a teen because your sheets are too cold to the touch during the night

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A photo of Sandy dirt in my back yard with some tufts of grass and weeds but mostly bits of building waste like asbestos fibre cement, bricks, roof tiles, etc

Hidden object game but it's bits of busted asbestos fibre cement in my yard dirt #AusHousing #AusPol

Australia’s rental crisis is not what you think it is The rapid rise in advertised rents grabs headlines but it’s only a small part of the market, an expert says, and for most renting households there is no crisis

How many arses do you reckon someone has to kiss to get the economics editor job when your takes are this fundamentally shit?

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A screenshot of an email I received today from the WA Asset and Facility Manager at Community Housing Ltd with cc to my Housing Officer, a customer service officer, and the WA Housing Services Manager that reads: "Good afternoon Claire, we have contacted the Department of Communities, providing any relevant communication from you and towards you. We will follow directions from the Department of Communities in relation to the repairs at your property, should we need further information we will contact you. We will also provide a future 72 hours’ notice form once we will know a suitable date for our contractors to attend the property. Regards [redacted] - Asset and Facility Manager [CHL Logo]"

You know it's bad when CHL and the WA government are, for the second time in 3 years, withholding independent evidence of negligence & significant liability. It was the same with the building report in 2022 that identified $25k in urgent repairs, now it's asbestos lab results.

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Excuse my cynicism, but after 25 years of the same housing policies, could Australian leaders try something else? | Greg Jericho First homeowners’ grants have long been the go-to policy by state and federal governments. And yet here we are in 2025 with a worsening housing affordability crisis

Dear Greg - don't ask the leaders for new promises, tell the voters, not the leaders, to try something else! www.theguardian.com/business/gro... #australia #housingcrisis #aushousing

Took possession 2019, Asbestos 1 happened that same year, bathroom wall has been smashed since 2022 because they have to reseat the bath & relocate us for the works, now it's Asbestos 2: Electric Boogaloo and CHL are absolutely fucked. WA Gov should be fucking paying me.

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Ah yes, the machinery of government excuse

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I am an unemployed, unqualified, disabled tenant with no advocate or representative. How many before me haven't had the knowledge or experience to navigate such bureaucratic chicanery? How many did but had to give up? At what point do I give up?

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A final outcome email from the WA Department of Communities customer feedback section that says: Your matter submitted on 26 January 2025 was allocated by Complaints Management Unit (CMU) to the Business Unit for review and response. The Business Unit has advised the CMU that you have been provided the outcome. If you are dissatisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you have the right to make the complaint directly to the Ombudsman Western Australia on (08) 9220 7555 or 1800 117 000 (country free call). I would like to thank you again for taking the time in bringing this matter to our attention. The Department of Communities is endeavouring to improve our business services receiving feedback such as yours is appreciated and extremely valuable. Yours sincerely Complaints Management Unit Department of Communities Customer Feedback Coordinator 1800 333 325 CustomerFeedback@housing.wa.gov.au

Yes I will now escalate to the office of the WA Ombudsman who resigned in October after the Corruption and Crime Commission found he engaged in serious misconduct. Perfect system, no notes.

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A letter from the WA Department of Communities stamped OFFICIAL with the coat of arms that reads as follows: Dear Ms [redacted] ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT AT [redacted] Thank you for your email dated 28 January 2025 regarding issues with Community Housing Limited not investigating asbestos in your property. The Department of Communities has raised your complaints with Community Housing Limited, and they advise that you have denied access to the property. Community Housing Limited wants to inspect the property before arranging for suitability qualified people to inspect and assist with appropriate repairs, but you refuse access. Community Housing Limited also advise they attempted to arrange for alternative accommodation to assist you and your family to temporarily reside elsewhere while any repairs are completed, but this was not successful. I must remind you that the Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (the Act) outlines that access must be permitted to allow a property manager to inspect a property and arrange necessary repairs. Failure to comply is a breach of the Act. The Community Housing Registration Office have noted the issues raised and information provided with regard Community Housing Limited, and this will be raised at the next annual compliance assessment. We encourage you to work with Community Housing Limited to assist them to inspect your home regularly to ensure it is well maintained for your comfort and the comfort of your family. Yours sincerely Commissioning and Contracting Division 14 April 2025

An email from me to my housing officer at CHL on 14th November 2024 that reads: Hi [redacted] Even if we could afford the discounted fee, which we can't, it takes several weeks to complete a full vaccination course. Additionally, the wait time for appointments is typically weeks and there are often vaccine supply shortages. Cat Haven's website estimates a 5-week process, not including appointment wait times or supply issues. At this late stage it doesn't look like Fred will be vaccinated in time to be accommodated anywhere by Christmas even if we were to receive an unexpected windfall. I am urgently trying to go into debt to replace our portable air conditioner so I can avoid literal heat stroke inside my house. CHL won't even commit to improving the energy efficiency of the property by replacing the insulation that was removed from the caving in ceiling once that ceiling is replaced, let alone paying for energy efficient split systems to reduce how much it costs us to make this place livable. Vaccinating my cat according to CHL's schedule following the abrupt decision to finally relocate us and undertake major works at the property more than 2 years after the building inspection does not rate at all in my list of urgent financial priorities. We can't even afford to meet my immediate medical costs, and my health remains my immediate priority. Clearly the date of 27th November, which has always been tentative at best, is not practicable for works to be undertaken at the premises because CHL has failed to secure alternative accommodation beforehand. I have no timeframe to give you for when Fred will next be fully vaccinated while our circumstances remain as they are, so I can't commit to rescheduling to any particular date. Let me know if anything suitable comes up on the transfer list in the meantime. Regards Claire [redacted]

An email dated 15th November 2024 from the WA housing services coordinator at CHL that reads: Morning Claire Our direction is to continue with the work as planned on the 27th November, which will of course include replacing any insulation that is required. [redacted] has spent significant periods of time ringing around, making every effort to accommodate you possible, and we are not in a position to allow a cat to hold up the works any further – as you stated, it’s been more than 2 years. In relation to split system or any other kind of air conditioning, this is not supplied by CHOs or the Department on any social housing properties south of the 26th parallel. Thanks, [CHL email signature logo with privacy disclaimer]

An email dated 15th November 2025 from me to the WA housing services coordinator at CHL that reads: Hi [redacted] I don't know what you expect or what want me to do about it. We live in poverty, there's a cost of living crisis, I've been having surgery and recovering from it, I spent time in a psychiatric ward, and I've had health problems on top of health problems because of stress. I only ever tentatively agreed to the 27th in good faith with the caveat that I couldn't guarantee we would be able to do it given our circumstances. I don't have the money to pay for vaccinating my cat and I warned you it would cause problems finding accommodation from the beginning. I certainly feel bad for [redacted] being made by her managers to waste her time and effort chasing up things I already told her would not be possible. Accommodation should have been the first thing arranged, not the last. Nobody has confirmed that the insulation in the kitchen will be replaced at any stage. It has been missing for 5 years, and every summer I get heat exhaustion because the indoor temperature at this house reaches and exceeds 40 degrees Celsius. I have tracking data to prove it, which I have provided to the media in the past. I have never paid to live in house with such poor temperature control. I'm not postponing replacing the portable air conditioner for this when it's a health issue for me. I again ask that you work with me rather than against me in dealing with this because my mental health is still dicey and I have gone to every effort to work with you at great cost to myself. Difference being, I don't get a salary or employee assistance program for any of this. Regards Claire [redacted]

Fuck community housing, fuck the WA government, and fuck tenant advocates who refuse to represent disabled people who happen to be smart enough to know how wrong this is.

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Cooking people is a Labor legacy feat: @cunexttuesday.lol.
"Joel Dignam of @betterrenting.bsky.social, said renters were recording temperatures of up to 70C in their roofs, with the heat travelling down and keeping the rooms above 30C for long periods of time."
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Former Tasmania premier Tony Rundle dies aged 86 – as it happened This blog is now closed

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'The Greens have issued an excoriating statement blasting Peter Dutton’s announcement today that the Coalition would cut the intake of foreign students by 80,000, in a plan aimed at reducing demand for housing.'

Side note (or actually main point?): being able to afford to buy a home makes life better for renters. When people can afford to buy, renting is a genuine choice — not a coercive situation that put us at the mercy of landlords.

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do not ever try to get passive aggressive with someone who has borderline personality disorder because you will lose every time

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Hi Claire, We have received confirmation from [redacted] that on the 12th of March, [redacted] arrived with a qualified and licensed asbestos removalist. Therefore, you were not entitled to refuse access on the basis that you are not qualified to assess the credentials of contractors appointed by CHL. We will be issuing another 72-hour notice for our contractor to attend. If you deny access once more, we will have no choice but to issue a breach notice for the above reason. Should you continue to refuse entry, we will also need to inform the Department of Communities from a liability perspective. Please ensure access is granted as required. Kind Regards, CHL signature [redacted]

Hi All There was only one person who knocked on my door on 12th March 2025 and that person identified himself as [redacted] from [redacted] Pty Ltd. [redacted] has previously confirmed to me in a phone call that he does not hold an asbestos removal or assessor license. Where CHL officers continue failing to exercise due diligence in ensuring undertakings comply with Work Health and Safety law my options are to either exercise this duty myself or suffer being indefinitely exposed to hazards. After 6 years of the latter, I now insist on the former. This would not be the first time [redacted] or someone else at [redacted] Pty Ltd has lied to cover themselves in any dispute or a dispute specifically related to asbestos management at this property; I have made multiple formal complaints to CHL about this behaviour and CHL chooses to continue giving them jobs and money. This is ridiculous in a technological age when many people, even poor people, have doorbell cameras or other video surveillance at their homes. Moving forward, if you want me to deal with [redacted] at all considering their ongoing misconduct you will procure a licensed asbestos removalist and assessor who will have their qualifications and work orders checked at the door. Otherwise, you will procure contractors from outside [redacted] because they will have no reason to lie, and I can trust that they are not making false representations to protect their own interests.

I am drafting an application for court orders to get this matter dealt with appropriately. If CHL manages to succeed in sending the appropriate contractor for the appropriate work I will gladly grant them access to the premises and cease this action. Anything to the contrary will result in me issuing a breach notice to CHL for interfering with my quiet enjoyment (being the reasonable peace, comfort, and privacy) of the property and I will add a request for compensation to my court application. I have been regularly updating the Department myself on CHL's ongoing failure to ensure urgent repairs are carried out by a suitably qualified repairer, and I will continue to do so. It is CHL incurring liability here in addition to the continuing liability from inadequately managed asbestos in 2019, not me. Just send a licensed asbestos removalist to remove the piece that fell off, encapsulate the remaining eaves, and a licensed asbestos assessor to inspect the premises including taking samples. I am not having a repeat of the [redacted] ordeal from 2019. Regards Claire [redacted]

I am so fucking tired, there are no words. The Department has so far only escalated my complaint to the manager of the business service area responsible and I have otherwise received no response. Community housing is a fucking scam, do not vote for it.

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Illegal? Huh? @philipthalis.bsky.social @sustainabletall.bsky.social ? Would you like to comment?
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