Governments around the world are searching for how to fix housing affordability, but the solutions will have to be local and community based.

Cashed-up parents and governments hold the key to helping a generation of Australians buy a home.

Fewer young people have the means to buy their first home, but is there a way to shortcut a failing system?

How political parties have influenced our desire to own our own homes.

A hard-to-see difference in building planning systems is making the business of creating houses a riskier, more expensive gambit in countries like Britain.

The rise in short-term rentals has put pressure on rentals in India to such a degree, it might be time for authorities to step in.

The world faces a squeeze on affordable housing.

The planet is set to break through the 1.5 degree warming barrier within five years making efforts to mitigate climate change even more urgent.

Climate change is creating a new kind of dangerous wildfire. It will take all our tools to keep communities safe.

The US views the Quad as an alliance that can contain Chinese expansionism in the Indo-Pacific, but India may not feel the same way.

Joe Biden’s decision to pull out of next week’s Quad summit in Australia helps to highlight the weakness in a partnership still yet to find its purpose.

As the US hits its $31 trillion debt ceiling, there’s a danger it could default. Yet the solution to avoiding the debt ceiling is surprisingly simple.

Cities across Asia are developing at such an astounding rate , the pressure on water tables is causing many to slip into oblivion.

Deep groundwater extraction wells are built by the business elites for commercial value. Better transparency will help manage them more sustainably.

More than half the city will be under 1.2 metres of flood waters by the end of this century if action is not taken now.

As more cities sink, rethinking how we use groundwater can ease pressure on precious aquifers.