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Lagging Building Approvals continue to trouble NSW’s Housing Accord ambitions
Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA NSW) expresses ongoing concern at today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics data, which show we may still not…
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New UDIA report calls for overhaul of local developer contributions system to unlock housing supply in NSW
The Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW has today launched a landmark report calling for urgent reform of the local developer contributions system…
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Housing enabling infrastructure must be to focus on the NSW budget
Ahead of the NSW Government’s 2025-26 Budget in June, Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA) is calling on the NSW Government to take…
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UDIA & Urbis Greenfield 2.0 Report provides a new blueprint for delivering more houses where people want to live
A new report by the Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA), Greenfield 2.0, launched today, sets out a new vision for delivering more…
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Low building approvals are still impacting housing supply in NSW
Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA) notes that building approvals data released today by Australian Bureau of Statistics shows annual building approvals tracking…
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Declining housing completions are setting NSW back from its housing targets
Today’s ABS release on new housing commencements and completions for the second quarter of the National Housing Accord period, is another warning sign to…
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Targetted infrastructure investment can deliver 33,000 new homes in Western Sydney according to new UDIA report
UDIA’s Western Sydney Building Blocks Report launched today at the UDIA Western Sydney Property & Infrastructure Forum, shows how $868m of targeted Government investment…
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UDIA’s NSW Housing Accord Progress Report gives early indication new policy reforms are struggling
Today, UDIA released its second edition of the NSW Housing Accord Progress Report which shows that 63% of Local Government Areas are not seeing…
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Agency League Table to highlight who is slowing down new housing
UDIA congratulates the NSW Government on taking the important step to establish an Agency League Table to shine a light on the performance of…
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UDIA Report confirms government infrastructure funding needed to unlock 13,510 new dwellings in Illawarra
UDIA’s 2025 update to its Illawarra-Shoalhaven Building Blocks report shows how targeted Government investment into enabling infrastructure can help the region to deliver the…
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Building approvals show green shoots in apartments but further declines in detached houses
The latest dwelling approvals data released by the ABS today is a mixed bag of results for NSW according to Urban Development Institute of…
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Low and Mid-rise reforms to boost missing middle housing but in less locations than expected.
After more than a year since it was announced and following sustained advocacy from Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA), the long awaited low and…
