Industry Issues
UDIA WA 2025-26 Annual Report now available for members
Member key representatives have been sent the agenda for UDIA WA’s Annual General Meeting to be held at the UDIA WA Offices on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at 11.30am.
With a refreshed three year Strategic Plan based on the theme Reform. Results. Resilience. to guide the Institute’s activities, the UDIA WA team is focused on advocating for solutions-led reform, building industry capability, strengthening connections across industry and government, and ensuring operational excellence and sustainability to deliver member value.
An enormous amount of effort by our member volunteers and team throughout the last financial year is highlighted in our Annual Report.
The UDIA WA team appreciate the ongoing support from our members.
Upcoming Consultation – R-Codes amendments
The Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, on behalf of the Western Australian Planning Commission, is currently reviewing the Residential Design Codes.
The Department will be hosting an information session to provide a briefing about the review on Tuesday, 3 November 2026 from 10.00am to 12.00pm.
Register to attend here: Residential Design Codes Review – Industry representatives
UDIA WA has had a representative on the R-Codes Stakeholder Advisory Group and will engage further in this consultation process. Once the documentation is available for review, please feel free to contact policy@udiawa.com.au if you would like to share any comments.
Keystart’s Pre-Sale Guarantee open for applications
UDIA WA has welcomed today’s announcement from the Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti that Keystart’s Pre-Sale Guarantee is now open for applications.
Directly responding to advocacy from UDIA WA, the $250 million scheme was announced in the 2026-2027 State Budget as a major initiative aimed at unlocking housing supply and choice. Helping developers meet lender pre-sale requirements, Keystart will offer a guarantee to purchase up to 50 per cent of unsold homes in apartment or townhouse developments upon completion through the scheme.
“UDIA WA has consistently highlighted the challenges of making medium and high-density projects stack up outside of premium areas under current market conditions,” UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck said. “Underwriting stock in medium and high-density projects across Perth can improve financial viability and help bring more housing options to market”.
If the homes are sold during construction, the financial commitment will lapse at no further cost to the developer. If the financial commitment is called following completion, Keystart will purchase the homes at a pre-set discounted rate on market value.
The scheme will encourage affordable housing development by requiring a portion of homes in a project to be made available to the market at prices below Keystart’s headline property price limit.
However, following feedback from UDIA WA and our Infill Development & Precinct Committee members into the final product, Keystart has taken a flexible approach to the affordability criteria under the scheme, with affordability requirements to scale up or down depending on the level of guarantee sought, as opposed to a flat requirement for 30 per cent affordable stock as originally proposed.
Outside of metropolitan areas, Keystart will guarantee up to 60 per cent of unsold homes for projects in regional WA.
UDIA WA is continuing to engage with Keystart around the low-interest mezzanine finance facility as a significant opportunity to boost the viability of medium and higher density residential projects.
For more information, or to make an application, visit Keystart.
Progressing enabling infrastructure
BMD Constructions have been awarded the contract to deliver a new grade-separated interchange on Tonkin Highway to improve connectivity to North Ellenbrook and Bullsbrook.
With support from State and Federal funding, works on the new single-point urban interchange between Maralla Road and Warbrook Road are expected to begin later this year and be completed by late 2028.
Identified in UDIA WA’s Growth Areas Infrastructure Requirements Report (September 2024), the enabling transport infrastructure will unlock land to support the delivery of up to approximately 26,000 dwellings across North & West Ellenbrook and Bullsbrook over the coming decades once completed.
Since the first iteration of the report, UDIA WA has continued to progress work to identify the crucial enabling infrastructure required to unlock land for housing supply in key growth corridors across the Perth and Peel Region.
A second iteration if the Perth and Peel Region Growth Corridors Infrastructure Requirements Report was released in April 2026 and the third iteration will be released shortly. Associated with this, UDIA WA will host the second Infrastructure Summit bringing together key stakeholders involved in the planning, funding and delivery of enabling infrastructure to discuss the challenges and opportunities in relation to infrastructure for housing, and share recommendations into how infrastructure can support sustainable growth across Perth.
Date: Thursday 29 October 2026
Time: 7:30am – 12:00pm
Location: The University Club of Western Australia – Auditorium
Register for the UDIA WA’s 2026 Infrastructure Summit.
New to the property industry, or know someone who is? Build your network at the 2026 PEF Regatta!
Whether a student, graduate or just starting a career, the free networking session at the 2026 PEF Regatta is a chance to connect with industry leaders and fellow emerging professionals.
Attendees can enjoy an afternoon of food, drinks and meaningful conversations while building relationships with representatives from more than 10 leading property companies.
FREE student tickets available. Bring a friend or share with someone looking to enter the industry.
Register now at https://pef.org.au/annual-regatta/.
Date: Thursday 19 November 2026
Time: Industry boat races from 2:00pm, with student networking from 4:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: Royal Perth Yacht Club, 6 Australia II Dr, Crawley WA 6009
Cardup brickworks to be recommissioned
Boosting Western Australia’s domestic brick supply, the State Government will provide Austral brickworks up to $4million to recommission the Cardup facility, with the aim of resuming operations by March 2027.
Driving strong demand for bricks, housing commencements have grown to over 24,000 homes since operations at the Cardup facility were mothballed in April 2023. Once operational, the brickworks are expected to produce and deliver 17 million maxibricks within 12 months, lifting WA’s brick supply by up to 15%.
Join the movement to turn vacant buildings into homes
Housing All Australians and Lillypilly Place are inviting UDIA WA members to their symposium – Economic Impact in the City: Is Compassionate Capitalism the Missing Piece for Housing? – to hear first-hand how ‘compassionate capitalism’ is driving change and how they can get involved.
Sponsored by Urbis, the free sector and community event will feature a keynote presentation from Housing All Australians Founder and Director Rob Pradolin. An industry panel with expertise in financing, development and housing will follow Mr Pradolin’s presentation – featuring Sam Metcalf (Commercial Director, H-U), Simon Tiverios (General Manager Property, Housing & Assets, Uniting WA), and Lisa Di Cesare (Executive Manager Home Lending Customer Experience, Keystart).
Date: Thursday 15 October 2026
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Location: Level 3, 256 Adelaide Tce, Perth, WA, 6000
Learn more about Housing All Australians.
National Updates
UDIA National Submission: Productivity Commission Interim Report – Housing Supply Regulation
UDIA National welcomes the Interim Report’s findings and strongly support the direction identified by the Productivity Commission (PC).
As outlined in previous submission and the roundtables, a planning system that rezones land but does not sequence infrastructure, imposes uncommercial built form controls, duplicates agency approvals, delays post-consent clearances, or brings forward large costs before revenue is available, will not deliver the homes we need.
The interim report also validates the principal argument in UDIA’s original submission. Housing delivery depends on a reliable pipeline from strategic land identification and zoning through infrastructure planning, statutory approvals, subdivision, servicing and title registration.
View UDIA National’s submission.
UDIA National Congress launch tickets landing soon
The UDIA National Congress will be held in Sydney from 15 to 17 March 2027.
Tickets go on sale from Tuesday 13 October.
Take advantage of the Launch Ticket pricing and save up to $700 per person off standard ticket prices when purchased by 30 October.
View the UDIA National Congress website for more information.