State Election Campaign
We are heading deeper into a housing crisis, with no improvement in sight. West Australians are already feeling the very real pressures of increasing cost of living, declining housing affordability and lack of options for a place to call home. Acknowledging the efforts of the current State Government, now and for our future, the next State Government must continue to prioritise measures to leverage industry to deliver the homes we need, faster.
UDIA WA has identified priorities for the next State Government in working collaboratively with industry to deliver the homes we need, faster.
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Deliver the homes we need, faster
DownloadPolicy Priorities
UDIA WA’s Policy Priorities for 2023 have been developed in the context of the need to address some of those lingering impacts of the pandemic, while firmly focusing on the future and ensuring sustainable economic growth for the State.
As the community creators, the development industry is integral to the future development of the places that we all live, work and play in. Our capacity to deliver those places is being constrained by outside elements that must be addressed if we are going to keep a lid on housing affordability. We want Perth to remain one of the most affordable capital cities in Australia and we also want to ensure that property remains a strong investment option.
Immediate issues including dire skills and labour shortages need to be addressed, as well as longer term challenges such as further streamlining regulatory processes and reforming outdated taxation regimes.
We also need to work together and bring the community along for the journey toward Perth becoming a more compact and connected city. Without a shared understanding and commitment to that end goal, resistance to future development will continue.
At the crux of our priorities are the core pillars of economy, liveability and environment. Working collaboratively with all levels of government to deliver on these priorities, we believe our industry is ideally placed to play a key role in the continued success and growth of our State for the benefit of all Western Australians.
Policy Priorities for 2023
DownloadPre-Budget Submission
Each year UDIA WA puts together a set of recommendations for how the State Government should allocate funds in the upcoming State Budget to maximise the creation of great places and housing choice.
With a deepening housing crisis, the 2024-25 State Budget presents a significant opportunity to prioritise investments that will meaningfully accelerate delivery of much-needed supply across the housing continuum now, and to facilitate a more sustainable pipeline into the future.
In our Pre-Budget submission this year, we are focused on specific asks that we believe, if prioritised for funding in this Budget and forward estimates period, will make a real and tangible difference to accelerating the delivery of diverse and affordable housing supply now, over the medium term and to set up WA for a more sustainable forward pipeline.
Our focus areas are:
- Boosting supply across the housing continuum;
- Productivity improvements to increase market capacity; and
- Infrastructure funding ‘at the right time’ to catalyse development.
In an increasingly challenging climate, as an industry, we look forward to continuing to work together with the State Government to remove barriers to getting new homes on the ground. This is essential to tackle WA’s deepening housing crisis so Western Australians have access to housing as a basic human right, and to ensure our state remains a great place to live, work, play, and invest.
2024-25 Pre-Budget Submission
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UDIA makes submissions on relevant policy and legislation on behalf of industry.
