Fast Track for Applications in Race to Build New Homes

A promise to halve planning times for social housing could help New South Wales (NSW) meet its share of national home-building goals, which government insists are still within reach despite stubbornly low approvals. Australia’s most populous state needs to deliver 377,000 more homes over the five years to mid-2029 in order to meet a national target of an extra 1.2 million extra houses. The NSW government on May 31 announced it would fast-track planning proposals for social and affordable housing, in conjunction with council-by-council housing targets and incentives already announced. Prime Minister Albanese said the key to addressing the housing crisis would be more public housing, community housing, private rentals and supply. ...