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WA Election Priorities
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The housing industry has endured the most tumultous five-year period it has experienced in 50 years.
The flow on effects have impacted housing supply and affordability across WA and the demand for housing has never been more acute.
Skilled labour Land supplyCollaborationKeys to unlock WA’s Housing Future
The outlook for new home building in Western Australia is brighter than for any other jurisdiction. The detached housing sector reached a more modest trough, comparable to pre-pandemic levels, rather than the decade lows seen in New South Wales and Victoria. Western Australia is also the only state to see an unambiguous recovery in house approvals numbers.
There is further upside potential to the detached housing sector if land is fast-tracked and made shovel ready more rapidly in the coming years.
There must be a focus and a plan to deliver the 25,000 homes per year that WA needs through innovative and sustainable design, supporting the delivery of all housing typologies and densities and also supporting everyone in the housing continuum.
To realise this potential HIA has identified key areas of focus for the next Government to ensure that the housing industry is a focus over the next four years. These areas include:
- Attracting, developing and retaining builders and skilled labour;
- Unlocking all types of land supply;
- Collaboration between industry and government to improve WA’s housing supply.
A strong housing industry is critical to the state realising its growth potential.
The next Government has a unique opportunity to influence the long term future of Western Australia by focusing on housing to support its growing economyMichael McGowan
Recommendations
HIA recommends that the next WA Government prioritises the following key measures
Tony Ricciardello
President
Over the last four years our industry has, and in many cases is still, enduring some of the most tumultuous home building conditions that we have experienced in the last 50 years. Personally, as a builder in this industry now for more than 30 years, it’s never been more challenging. As we emerge from the well documented COVID stimulus induced haze we are on the cusp of further significant changes over the course of the next four years. Regulatory change is a constant for our industry but in the next four years there will be two National Construction Code changes to absorb, Work, Health and Safety changes that will affect roof construction and working with silica on site, approvals, planning codes and the never ending requirements of running a business. These are not easy changes to adopt for industry. Many of us are small businesses, concentrating on running sustainable and compliant businesses. Even for our large members, constant regulatory change creates constant challenges to provide affordable housing supply. If we truly are wanting to build WA’s share of 1.2 million homes over the next five years then there are things that we should be looking to focus on over the next four years. More apprentices and skilled migrants will help, unburdening builders with ever increasing regulation creates capacity, supporting new builders and methodologies into the market brings volume and future proofing the industry to ensure its success are all levers that a future government can pull to support. My challenge for the next Government of Western Australia is this, the housing industry is one of your most critical partners in delivering a roof over everyone’s head and the volume of homes required to support WA’s economic growth. Let’s work together to help make that happen.Read more
Michael McGowan
Executive Director
The next Government has a unique opportunity to influence the long term future of Western Australia. “With great power comes great responsibility”, there may be varying beliefs about the origin of that quote but there is nothing quite like it to sum up the approach to the next term of Government and the potential impact it could have on Western Australia. After a tumultuous five-year period the next State Government has the opportunity to make and execute decisions that could have a lasting legacy for our state. The economic opportunities are largely known, state debt is controlled, and everyone is well aware that housing, cost of living and health remain the state’s biggest challenges. As an industry we are calling on the next State Government to have a strong vision and a plan for the state that gets everybody on board and heading in the same direction. We get it, the big picture for WA looks bright. Renewables, resources, hospitals and AUKUS are all important parts of our state’s future, but if we can’t put a roof over every persons head we lose our advantage as one of the nations most affordable places to have a home and the big picture becomes harder to achieve. From a housing perspective, the next Government is in control of three things that have a significant impact on industry and its ability to deliver affordable housing supply. Those three things include: Creating a stable economic and regulatory environment encourages business investment and workers to remain in an industry that has a long-term future. These are key drivers in solving WA’s long term challenge of delivering affordable housing supply. The next Government has a unique opportunity to influence the long term future of Western Australia and as an industry we look forward to supporting them to make that happen.Read more
For further information contact:
Western Australia
22 Parkland Road
Herdsman Business Park
Osborne Park WA 6017
08 9492 9200
wa_enquiry@hia.com.au
Authorised by Jocelyn Martin, for the Housing Industry Association