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Decades of inadequate investment in social housing, sluggish construction rates, and Australia's restrictive planning laws - which limit homes being built where most people want to live – have taken a toll.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Its aging facilities, originally built between the 1930s and ’50s, require replacement rather than the periodic updates they’ve received.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

“Smoky bars and cheap guitars, but nothing built to last.”

From Salon • May 12, 2026

If oil, copper and other real assets start to tumble, earnings estimates—and the ETFs built around them—could quickly follow.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

At one end of her playhouse, Daisy had built a little altar.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls