Commentary
Housing supply, planning, tax and feasibility — analysis written by Max and republished from LinkedIn.
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The Australian Labor Party is promising $10B in grants, loans and equity to build 100,000 “affordable” homes for firsthomebuyers.
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Many of you read my public battle with Wyndham City Council’s Deputy Mayor Josh Gilligan and my assessment of his behaviour in chambers.
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Michael Bleby reporting today on the latest data from Urbis which found the average cost of a new apartment has risen to a staggering $19,000 per m2 across Australia.
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Governments don’t build homes; private sector does. builders, developers, consultants and contractors comprising the development industry are the ones that actually (try to) do the job of creating more homes.
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The announcements are worth roughly that much, not that this came as a surprise.
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This comprises $49.3m to develop prefab and modular construction systems, and $4.7m for a national certification program for off-site construction.
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The Australian Labor Party is stating the Liberal Party of Australia’s $5B infrastructure policy would only unlock 70,000 homes as opposed to the 500,000.
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Take this from Plan for Victoria: housingtargets will “improve housing affordability for you by delivering different types of homes at a range of prices…
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Of the 6, I know Cheltenham best, so I read the documents to see what is being proposed.
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The Victorian Government is proposing new legislation purporting to improve consumer protection when buying new dwellings, especially apartments.