Caravan parks are no longer simply places for summer holiday makers or homes for society's most marginalised. Competition is fierce for a shrinking source of relatively cheap accommodation.

THE "No Vacancy" sign is expected to be flying high at Port Stephens for the early part of 2009 with solid accommodation bookings reported through to Easter.

There is an urgent need for accommodation for disabled people, reports Tom Reilly.

HOUSING NSW said Kim Gesell would no longer be eligible for further temporary accommodation after she declined an offer of a long-term home.

THE Prime Retirement & Aged Care Trust says its proposed merger with Babcock & Brown Communities would create the country's largest owner of seniors' accommodation.