A Construction 2024 – a year of frustration which ended with genuine policy reform 21.01.25

 

By the time 2024 was in its twilight, the NSW Premier, the Planning Minister, the media, millennials, the NSW Productivity Commission, YIMBY Sydney and the vast majority of the public were exasperated by the complete failure of the NSW Department of Planning to appreciate the size and significance of the housing supply and affordability crisis.

This is a story of failed incremental planning policy reform (which bureaucrats love because it does not upset the applecart too much) which resulted at the end of the year with an explosion of reform, with the new Housing Delivery Authority and bi-partisan calls for an overhaul of the tired and bloated NSW Planning Act. To read the full article, click here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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