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Perth’s five-year housing target will fall short by some 35,000 homes, according to Western Australia’s leading urban development authority.

The state’s housing situation was “dire”, Urban Development Institute of Australia president Richard Pappas told more than 200 WA town planners and developers from the private and public sectors on Friday.

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