Commentary
Housing supply, planning, tax and feasibility — analysis written by Max and republished from LinkedIn.
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Planning reformA (strategic?) leak of proposed Victorian planning changes as reported by Clay Lucas.
From a developer’s perspective, we welcome greater certainty and removing debate on both subjective and objective aspects of applications.
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Pandemic Spike We have come off a big spike in demand during the pandemic. This set a new high bar for growth which was unlikely to continue.
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I’m no homelessness advocate; much better people than me undertake that honourable task.
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Leveraging the country’s $4T in superannuation to tackle housing affordability has been proposed for several years.
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Today Department of Transport and Planning (re-)announced their updated plans for the 10 activity centres around metro Melbourne.
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This article from the weekend by Nathan Mawby reiterates the point I’ve been making about scale apartments not being the solution to the housingcrisis. “…
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Those that don’t understand development think “planning” is all about getting a planning permit. Why do developers keep complaining about planning when permits are (mostly) being issued?
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Materially reducing reliance on the “bank of mum and dad” will take different thinking.
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Things I’m not sure about or need refinement: • Reduce capital gains discount to 25 per cent – should include indexation or incentivise longer-term holds.
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To reiterate – I support the property industry delivering as many homes, across all typologies, as possible, including BTR. All typologies should have a level playing field with other asset types.