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HIA Victoria not failing housing targets as badly as others is not success
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HIA Executive Director Victoria, Keith Ryan, said the update once again confirms what industry has been warning for years: Victoria’s housing system is constrained by structural problems that governments have failed to address.
“Victoria may not have failed as badly as others in contributing to the national targets, but the performance is still unacceptable. The Accord update shows the state struggling to deliver the homes it needs. The next state government after the upcoming November election must treat this as a wake up call,” he said.
Mr Ryan noted that Victoria’s ability to meet Accord targets continues to be undermined by many problems including:
- Excessive taxes and charges on new housing – including windfall gains tax, targeted surcharges, infrastructure contributions and stamp duty settings that make new homes more expensive and reduce investment.
- Red tape and regulatory overload – with builders and developers navigating one of the most complex compliance environments in the country.
- A shortage of apprentices and skilled trades – driven by declining commencements, poor retention and insufficient support for employers now made worse in Victoria by a future employer licensing scheme.
- Insufficient shovel ready land where consumers want homes built – with delays in precinct structure planning, slow approvals and inadequate infrastructure sequencing.
- Slow and inconsistent planning reforms – where promised improvements have not always translated into faster, more predictable decision making.
“These issues are not new. They are well known, well documented and clearly reflected in Victoria’s Accord performance,” he said.
HIA is calling on the next Victorian Government to adopt its Election Policy Agenda, Builders Want to Build, which calls on all parties to reduce regulatory burdens on builders, lower property taxes, expand land supply, fast-track planning approvals, strengthen the construction workforce and support greater housing choice across Victoria.
“Victoria needs policies that enable homes to be built — not policies that make it harder. The Accord update shows the cost of inaction. The next Victorian government must confront these problems as a priority,” concluded Mr Ryan.
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