Commentary
Housing supply, planning, tax and feasibility — analysis written by Max and republished from LinkedIn.
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Housing supplyVictoria remains light years from both the Housing Statement and Housing Accord targets.
Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics completions data shows just 54,368 new homes were completed built between October 2024 and September 2025 – the worst 12 months in over a decade.
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Peter Rolfe reporting on the end of our 10-year bid to redevelop the Keysborough Golf Course, build them a brand-new course 2km away, and gift a 70ha regional sporting facility to the community.
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Whilst things have picked up from the lows of the last two years, 163k and 165k respectively, and perhaps heading towards ~180k this year, 225k is another level.
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(Yes, back to my normal programming) The Federal government has announced it will contribute $1B a year for a decade towards constructing the SRL.
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If you believe the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council, Victoria is tracking closest to its housing accord target of 306,000 over 5 years.
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The aim: 1.2 million new homes from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2029. Follow along…
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New data from Proptrack AU shows that a median income household ($118k p.a.) can afford to purchase just 15% of homes nationally in FY2025.
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First-home buyers across the country borrowed an average of nearly $60,000 more over the first month of the expanded scheme, a rise of about 10 per cent.
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Works, services, or facilities outside the ICP plan area if essential to, or generated by, development in the ICP plan area, or if they cannot reasonably be provided within the area.
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But is it as simple as reforming planning to get more homes built? To me, the report makes several leaps of logic that don’t play out in the real world.