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Australia set to fall 200,000 homes short of target
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HIA released its economic and industry Outlook report today. The report includes updated forecasts for new home building and renovations activity nationally and for each of the eight states and territories.
“It is possible to build 1.2 million new homes over five years but it will require significant policy reforms. These reforms need to include lowering taxes on home building, easing pressures on construction costs, and decreasing land costs,” added Mr Devitt.
“As it stands, both the detached housing and multi-units markets are set to be recovering in 2024/25 from recent decade lows.
“A cut to the cash rate this year is increasingly uncertain as unemployment remains low and inflation increasingly sticky. The recovery in home building isn’t, however, reliant on a cut to the cash rate, but a more stable interest rate outlook. Pent up demand for housing will allow market confidence to grow and buyers to return to the market.
“This recovery will, nonetheless, be insufficient to meet government housing targets as long as home building continues to be constrained by punitive taxes and regulations.
“Punitive tax surcharges on foreign investors are squeezing out precisely the investment needed to help meet government housing targets.
“At the same time, recent changes to building codes are likely to add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of building new homes.
“More effort is also needed to increase the capacity of the industry. Access to skilled labour from overseas will remain crucial, as will the need to train and upskill our existing workforce. More support for apprenticeships, including maintaining current apprenticeship subsidies, will go a long way in this direction.
“Reforms in these areas would represent a material upside risk to this housing outlook and could see Australia exceed the government’s target and potentially build sufficient homes to meet demand,” concluded Mr Devitt.
Detached house commencements: An annual total of 96,250 detached house commencements in expected for 2023/24, down by 12.6 per cent on the previous year and down by almost a third on the 2020/21 peak. This will mark the trough of the cycle and the weakest financial year since 2012/13, over a decade earlier. Commencements are expected to remain weak at 97,800 in 2024/25, just a 1.6 per cent improvement, before recovering and exceeding 110,000 by 2026/27.
Multi-unit commencements: Multi-unit commencements are expected to total 72,010 in 2023/24, up by 14.1 per cent on the 63,100 trough and 11-year low in 2022/23. The recovery in multi-unit commencements is expected to continue, up by 23.1 per cent to 88,610 in 2024/25 and reaching almost 100,000 by 2026/27 before moderating back to 96,230 by 2027/28.
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Building Standards are not planning controls
“The proliferation of building standards in Council planning controls needs to stop now,” said Brad Armitage HIA Executive Director NSW.
Streamlined planning system to deliver more homes for Tasmanians
“It is pleasing to see that should the Tasmanian Liberal Government be re-elected it is committed to planning reform and streamlining approvals that can deliver tangible and improved planning outcomes to get Tasmanians in homes faster,” said HIA Executive Director Tasmania Stuart Collins.
IPART Review of Sydney Water Prices
In line with this, HIA notes that the Sydney Water Price Proposal 2025-30 (SW proposal), highlights the critical relationship between the provision of water related infrastructure and housing delivery, and has set its capital expenditure proposal accordingly.
One House One Approval plan will drive affordability and faster approvals
“Planning reform is a major part of solving the nation’s housing crisis and all state and territory governments need to implement major reforms now, to stem the tide of unaffordable housing.