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Victoria
- Successfully advocated for the delay of Stage 2 NCC 2022 changes to 1 May 2024
- Undertook impactful advocacy to inform the Housing Statement’s implementation, including consultation on reforms to building contracts, regulation, insurance, infrastructure, planning, land supply, and stamp duty
- Reinforced that the government’s proposal for a mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme should be industry-led, affordable, accessible, and relevant to contemporary practices
- Opposed the government’s plan to progressively limit consumer gas use, including changes to new gas connection fees from 1 January 2025, requiring up-front costs for new connections
- Reinforced that the state government’s Plan for Victoria must meet the needs of all life stages, providing safe, secure, and affordable properties in both established and greenfield areas
- Led changes to state planning schemes to allow building small secondary dwellings up to 60 square metres in residential and rural areas until March 2025
- Raised concern that the government’s new minimum energy efficiency and safety standards for rental homes risk adding costs to tenants and may lead to work by unlicensed builders
- Secured a $700 million expansion to the Victorian Homebuyer Fund in the State Budget for 2024-2025, extending it for a further year.
- Lobbied to minimise fees in the Building Regulations 2018, reinforcing the difficulties in material cost increases and domestic building insurance (DBI) premiums
- Successfully advocated for a 10-year land release plan, which will see 27 additional greenfield areas released across Melbourne’s outer southeast, north, and west
- Successfully advocated for a $400 million investment in local in growing outer suburbs
- Successfully advised the government on the problems arising from imposing mandatory light roofs under proposed changes to the small lot housing code and its impact on achieving a 7-star energy rating.
52,512
total new dwellings
$30.5 billion
total value residential building work
$4.04 billion
total value alterations & additions
303,633
workers across the state