Growing Government fears that new builds are set to plummet

Growing Government fears that new builds are set to plummet

Fears are growing across Government and the construction industry that new home builds will plummet to just 25,000 this year, despite the appointment of a new ‘maverick’ housing tsar to speed up housing delivery. The figure, based on current home completions data and significant ongoing infrastructure problems, is a massive 16,000 short of the Government’s official target for this year. And it is just half of the average annual proportion of the…

Australia’s Housing Crisis Is About to Get Worse – Here’s What You Need to Know

If you thought the housing shortage was bad now, just wait. According to the State of the Land Report 2025 released by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), we’re staring down the barrel of a staggering 400,000-home shortfall across Australia’s capital cities by 2029. Let that sink in for a moment. Despite the Federal...

Fast tracking tradie qualifications will help ease housing crisis, says Labor

Fast tracking qualifications in the building sector is one way to help build more houses. Photo: file greenleaf123. Labor is promising to invest $78 million to fast track the qualification of 6000 tradies to help reach the goal of building 1.2 million new homes over the next five years. In an election commitment, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said if re-elected, the government would use its next term to establish the Advanced Entry Trades Training prog…