WA Today
The state government will tip $17 million into expanding its Housing Diversity Pipeline program to allow developers to propose sites for the delivery of new homes on government owned ‘lazy land’.
Under the expanded program, the state government would consider any developer-led proposals for new housing on underutilised land, provided it is not already earmarked for future roads, schools or other amenity, or subject to a first mover advantage situation.
The reforms, aimed at increasing housing supply as the state grapples with an acute housing shortage, would allow the construction of 1700 new apartments.
To read the article, and comments from the Premier Roger Cook, and UDIA WA CEO Tanya Steinbeck, click here.