UDIA’s Western Sydney Building Blocks Report launched today at the UDIA Western Sydney Property & Infrastructure Forum, shows how $868m of targeted Government investment can support the delivery of almost 33,000 of new homes across four LGAs of the Western Sydney region over the 5-year Housing Accord period.
“Investing in house enabling infrastructure unleashes the power of the private sector to build more of the homes we need,” said Stuart Ayres, CEO UDIA NSW.
UDIA’s Building Blocks shows the housing enabling infrastructure lacking across all proposed development types, with more than half of all greenfield (detached) houses requiring roads and sewer infrastructure. A third are also without water infrastructure.
The 2025 update of Western Sydney Building Blocks identifies the regional infrastructure items needed to support the delivery of housing across the region where a funding pathway is not clearly identified or unworkable in its ability to deliver housing and the delivery sequence needed in the near term to unlock the delivery of lots across key growth areas in the West.
“Western Sydney has the most lose if we keep falling behind our housing supply targets. With infill apartments not coming online fast enough, the Government must pivot to new and diversified greenfield homes to build momentum,” said Stuart Ayres.
Prepared in collaboration with IDC, Stantec and Design+Planning, through a combination of extensive industry engagement and survey work and publicly accessible data and information from the NSW Government and the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, the Report also details the progress made toward delivering key and enabling infrastructure since 2021, when the last Building Blocks Report was published.
UDIA NSW urges the NSW Government to commit to the Priority Enabling Infrastructure Projects we have recommended within this document, to sustain the greenfield supply and support housing affordability.
“While we acknowledge that all Councils have their own targets and have a role to play in delivering state and national housing objectives, the lack of a sustained greenfield housing pipeline in NSW is a major problem and now is the time to respond with decisive action,” said Stuart Ayres.
Key Recommendations:
The Building Blocks Report has highlighted priority enabling infrastructure and subsequent infrastructure to maximise Western Sydney’s contribution to the Housing Accord and facilitate continued growth thereafter.
Summary of building blocks priority projects:
- Northwest Growth Area – 2 projects totaling $39 million
- Penrith Growth Area – 2 project totaling $134 million
- Southwest Growth Area – 2 projects totaling $185 million
- Greater Macarthur Growth Area – 2 projects totaling $230 million
- Wilton Growth Area – 1 project totaling $280 million
Our UDIA Western Sydney Building Blocks 2025 Update report can be found at this link
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Media Enquiries: Deanna Lane, Director of Media & Communications UDIA NSW and National dlane@udiansw.com.au 0416 295 898