The NSW Government will spend $3 million on a sewer link for the Saddle Road housing precinct near Brunswick Heads, a connection it says could service up to 600 residential lots.

Flood-affected homeowners will get first opportunity to buy 19 residential lots in East Lismore following approval of the first stage of a new housing development at Crawford Road.

Byron Shire Council is exploring options to keep the 58-home temporary housing village at Brunswick Heads operating after the NSW Government’s flood-housing program ends.

Plans for a new village of up to 550 homes between Brunswick Heads and Mullumbimby are set to take another significant step forward, with Byron councillors being asked to back the Gulgan Village rezoning following months of public consultation.

With news that the last of Byron Shire’s pod villages will be closed by the end of the year, both residents and the wider community are asking: where will they go in a region where vacancy rates are less than 0.5 per cent?

'From today it gets harder for Australia to build the 1.2 million homes governments have committed to,' according to HIA Chief Economist, Tim Reardon.

The changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) announced in the last federal budget have been met with vociferous attacks from both directions – for going too far and not going far enough – which the Albanese government has interpreted as meaning they've got the balance pretty much right. So how are these changes panning out for prospective homeowners?

In a big day for housing announcements, the NSW government says it has reached another milestone in the Northern Rivers' flood recovery, with the release of the draft masterplan to transform a 72-hectare site at East Lismore (formerly Southern Cross University land) into land for flood-resilient permanent homes.

The NSW government says the former Tweed Hospital is set to be transformed into homes for thousands of people with the unused site being repurposed for 800 new homes.

A co-living project for women over 55 is gaining momentum in the North Coast, with a local organisation claiming it is attracting investment and has nearly the funds to deliver its first dwelling.