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HIA calls for accelerated depreciation over investor tax hikes
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“Australia’s chronic housing shortages require policies that encourage new home construction, rather than measures that deter the investment needed to deliver housing at scale.
“If the Government is serious about improving housing supply, it must focus on settings that support building more homes—not policies that discourage the very investment required to deliver them.
“Accelerated depreciation is a targeted, supply focused measure that would help get projects off the ground and homes completed sooner.
“Such a policy would enable construction costs to be written off over a shorter timeframe, improving cash flow and investment certainty for new residential developments—particularly apartment and medium density projects, where feasibility pressures are most acute.
“It would also provide much needed support to construction businesses already under significant cost pressure, including ongoing material price volatility linked to the conflict in the Middle East.
“Builders and developers are facing higher input costs driven by elevated energy prices, shipping disruptions and materials inflation flowing from the conflict.
“Accelerated depreciation would help ease cash flow pressures, improve project viability and provide greater certainty for construction businesses at a time when global events are adding further strain to an already challenging operating environment.
Ms Martin warned that “investor tax changes currently being considered by the Government could reduce the supply of new housing by dampening confidence at a time when the industry is already grappling with elevated construction costs, interest rates and planning delays.
“Private investment is essential to housing delivery.”
“Reducing investor participation will not lower rents or prices—it will simply result in fewer homes being built, pushing affordability further out of reach for younger Australians.
HIA said accelerated depreciation could be carefully targeted to new housing construction, ensuring the policy directly increases supply.
“This is a pragmatic reform that aligns with the Government’s housing, productivity and economic growth objectives.
“We urge the Government to work with industry on tax settings that unlock new supply and help address Australia’s housing shortfall.
“HIA will continue to advocate for policy settings that support home building, rental supply and long term housing affordability as part of this year’s Federal Budget and will examine each policy put forward with the clear single test: will it boost housing supply – if the answer is no then it should have a red line drawn through it immediately,” concluded Ms Martin.
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HIA calls for accelerated depreciation over investor tax hikes
“The Housing Industry Association (HIA) is calling on the Federal Government to prioritise accelerated depreciation as a pro supply housing reform, warning that proposals to increase taxes on property investors risk further constraining Australia’s housing pipeline, “said HIA Managing Director, Jocelyn Martin.
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