Locations of 13 new build-to-rent projects across the Perth metropolitan area were revealed on Tuesday, with expressions of interest open for qualified builders to take over.
Harriet Flinn
Yakamia Forest will be protected under a Liberal government, says Albany candidate Thomas Brough, who has promised to redirect road planning to save the largely untouched bushland block if his party is elected.
Melissa Sheil
Hay Street’s slow progression to becoming partly a pedestrian mall has a long and contested history.
Malcolm Quekett
Despite the Albanese government's well-meaning rhetoric, its policies and results reveal a failure to fix housing affordability, a housing expert says.
Jacob Shteyman
The Federal funding from the Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program will be used to undertake planning, detailed design and a comprehensive business case for the project.
Staff reporter
Trees are an excellent way to cool our spaces and get some respite from the UV rays, but selecting the wrong one for an urban environment can have costly and long-lasting impacts.
Charlie Albone
The three-week demolition process follows a council decision to demolish the out-of-service building.
A developer has dropped plans for a luxury resort overlooking Frenchman Bay.
Affordability constraints have many turning to the bank of mum and dad but parents have been urged to consider their finances carefully before lending.
Tess Ikonomou and Poppy Johnston
A dozen senior WA planning figures with decades of experience have lambasted the appointment of a new chair to the State’s governing board — penning a letter questioning her eligibility for the role.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Premier Roger Cook has declared that WA cannot continue to funnel most of its population into Perth and wants other options to be put on the table.
Joe Spagnolo
The $29.6 million project will have 181 bedrooms, plus associated amenities and basement parking.
People who own property might be able to make more than $30,000 a year, if the market is good, simply by holding onto their asset for about nine years.
Jack Gramenz
Funding an extra 5000 social properties through a partnership with the community housing sector will help get more people into homes sooner, advocates say.
Tess Ikonomou
The decision for Government planners to meet their equivalents from the Town of Cambridge about the long term plans for Floreat’s redevelopment has caused uproar.
A new era is taking shape following a $377,000 tender to help replace vehicle use with wider footpaths, more bike facilities and changes to street parking.
Perth has come a long way since the global authority on urban planning said it had the character of an oversized department store, with the world warming to the WA capital’s charms.
Kim Macdonald
Canberra boasts the most energy efficient homes in Australia but cities with older stock like Sydney and Hobart are lagging.
Evidence that pointed to a row of heritage shopfronts in Subiaco as being a significant risk to public safety was found to be ‘shifting sands’ as new engineering evidence into the site was revealed.
About 15 years after redevelopment talks began, Bentley’s new housing estate will commence works.
Home building approvals have broken a two-year ceiling but industry groups warn it's not enough to meet a target of 1.2 million homes by 2029.
Emily Verdouw and Luke Costin
Almost a year on from a contentious plan to redevelop Floreat Forum that rocked the community, the Town of Cambridge’s own blueprint is finished, hoping to put an end the building battle once and for all.
Plans to demolish public housing towers are forging ahead, with designs for their replacement unveiled despite an ongoing trial to stop it.
Callum Godde
The size alone of a rental increase will be able to be challenged by tenants for the first time under proposed reforms.
