GENERAL NEWS
JUST six of the 43 councils tasked with housing delivery targets by the NSW government will meet their National Housing Accord goals on current development approval (DA) rates...
At the current pace, only 183,996 of the 322,000 new dwellings needed in Greater Sydney by July 2029 – the end of the National Housing Accord’s designated five-year period...
That figure is less than 60% of the NSW government’s commitment under national cabinet’s flagship housing supply initiative...
We’re already six months into the five-year Housing Accord period, and with a full suite of reforms now in place the next six months needs to see councils and the new Housing...
The Housing Delivery Authority has just been introduced in a bid to fast-track assessment and approval of larger residential housing developments, through the planning...
The pathway is available for new housing developments above an estimated development cost of $60 million in Greater Sydney – which yield on average 100 or more homes – or...
Announcement of the new authority came just a day after the Minns government revealed it has been quietly trialling a housing taskforce that it said had...
The Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed the 43 councils approved a total of 15,333 dwellings in the first five months of the Housing Accord, an average of 3,066 a month...
Councils including Burwood, Inner West, Lane Cove, North Sydney, Strathfield, City of Sydney and Willoughby are on track to deliver 15% or less of their housing targets...
The Property Council called on the NSW government to “make sure the reforms now in place and those yet to come are fine tuned to focus on delivering against their objectives as...
This is not just about numbers – it’s about making home ownership and affordable rentals a reality for more NSW residents. The new Housing Delivery Authority must act swiftly to...
NSW is not alone in falling short of its National Housing Accord target. Analysts continue to voice concerns about the construction industry’s capacity to handle the huge demand for...
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the new $900 million National Productivity Fund which will encourage states and territories to cut planning red tape in...