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Industry welcomes focus on housing in tomorrow's ACT budget
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“Increasing the supply of housing needs to be one of the very top priorities for the ACT Government with the residential construction sector currently building at historically low levels, so we welcome a strong statement that it is committed to solving this problem.
“Given the level of construction in the ACT is at a very low ebb, now is definitely the time for the government to be investing in public, social affordable housing, acting counter-cyclical to the market. We hope that these projects are rolled out without delay to support the industry to retain its current capacity and be able to realise any gains from additional investment in training.
“While the number of dwellings being committed to is somewhat modest, any addition to housing stock is important.
“The funding support for training of trade skills is welcomed, along with last week’s announcement of a $250 apprentice bonus and extra $250 for first years.
“Right now, one of the greater problems for building skills capacity is the ability of employers to take on apprentices, due to the lack of work and significant costs such as workers compensation insurance. Therefore, would be good to see some support for employers in the budget as well tomorrow.
“HIA has argued for quite some time that the current Indicative Land Release Program (ILRP) is no longer fit for purpose, so we welcome today’s release of the new Housing Supply and Land Release Program (HSLRP).
“The previous ILRP lacked enough detail to understand the type of dwelling, had a limited timeframe, and also did not have enough transparency to understand how it was performing, however, it doesn’t appear to have addressed these fundamental issues, and we will continue discussions with government as to how this can be improved.
“Most recent approvals data shows that the ACT approved 2,240 dwellings of all types during the 12 months to the end of April. This is nowhere near close enough to where it needs to be if we are to complete 5,000 homes per year, particularly when there are so many built in impediments through the approvals system and taxation regime that are holding this number back.
“However, we also acknowledge that both Ministers Steel and Cheyne has been very proactive in working with industry to address these challenges, and we look forward to continuing this conversation,” concluded Mr Weller.
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