Policy Online carries a link (7.3.16) to an Urban Development Institute of Australia report into the state of the nation’s planning and development ‘landscape’, highlighting areas where it claims government policy could better work with the land developer industry to provide broader access to more affordable housing.
‘The 2016 State of the Land report, by the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), has for the first time in its eight-year history, found that uncertainty at the federal level is at greater risk of hurting the property development industry, than state level policies.
‘The UDIA has made a number of recommendations to all levels of government from the report, to ensure sufficient land supply and affordable housing.
‘… According to the report, state and local governments must improve supply via their performance on planning, infrastructure provision, and charging for new developments.’