Australian Property Investor Magazine Planning reforms and funding to encourage urban infill development are at the centre of a WA Government drive to ease critical housing shortages in the state and limit urban sprawl in Perth. An $80 million fund is to be set up by the Western Australian Government to ease critical housing shortages in the […]
The Property Tribune Planning Minister Rita Saffioti has today released Western Australia’s first ever planning policy to guide medium density development across the State. The Medium Density Housing Code is the culmination of more than three years of research, consultation and testing to support an improved quality of housing that better suits the needs of a modern […]
Australian Property Investor Magazine The peak body for property development in Western Australia says dire housing supply shortages and a lack of projects in the pipeline in the state necessitates urgent action. Western Australia’s housing supply issues have reached a critical point. For years now Perth has experienced record low rental vacancy rates and the […]
The West Australian Perth property is set for a drastic price hit because of constraints preventing the construction of 150,000 to 200,000 homes, according to the peak development body. The Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) has revealed 24 per cent of all land zoned for development, and 18 per cent of land set aside for future […]
The Property Tribune The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA WA) has launched a Development Ready Pipeline pilot project to investigate what future housing supply is realistically viable to bring to market over the next ten years. The pilot, which focuses on the Perth Metropolitan Area, has made preliminary findings in relation to Perth’s residential housing […]
The West Australian Perth’s housing supply crisis is set to get worse, with new research showing a quarter of all land zoned for development is actually off-limits. The research by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) shows the metropolitan area currently has only enough space to build 421,350 to 561,800 dwellings. The research, released […]
WA Today Western Australia needs to lift its game in attracting skilled migrants if it is to attract the 30,000 construction workers the Master Builders Association estimates are needed to meet demand. Speaking at an Urban Development Industry Association WA event, Hesperia director Ben Lisle said the forecast shortfall in housing in WA was estimated […]
The West Australian There are calls for a building industry labour agreement to make it easier to import labour, as the number of migrant tradies coming to WA nosedives. The Urban Development Institute of Australia (WA) said the critical shortage of workers in the construction and development sector was restricting the industry’s capacity to meet […]
Business News Hesperia director Ben Lisle says authorities need to target international migration to Western Australia more aggressively, to prevent skills shortages and speed up delivery of housing. Speaking at a Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today, Mr Lisle pointed out the state’s reliance on overseas workers to meet its workforce needs. “Australia has one of the lowest unemployment rates […]