Category: Media

While Immigration Booms, we mustn’t allow `gated communities’ protected by NIMBY activists to stand in the way of Housing Supply - Sourceable, 4 May 2023
See below an link to Article published on Sourceable where Tom Forrest, Chief Executive Officer of Urban...
Property Council hires former adversary - 27 April 2023, Australian Financial Review
Urban Taskforce chief Tom Forrest described it as a “utopian SEPP designed by architects that further...
Long road to recovery for building industry - Australian Property Journal, 12 April 2023
In light of the newly released data, Tom Forrest, CEO at Urban Taskforce, noted the significant task...
NHFIC State of the Nation’s Housing Report confirms a tough road ahead - Sourceable, 5 April 2023
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC’s) State of the Nation Report shows national...
Housing Supply Crisis requires all shoulders to the wheel - Sourceable, 16 March 2023
At the centre of the Albanese Government’s National Housing Accord is a commitment to deliver one million...
Game-changing afforable housing proposal stalled by red tape, The Daily Telegraph, 6 March 2023
“Despite there being a housing supply crisis the dead hand of the NSW Planning system has once again...
NSW premier eager for land valuation changes after 26 per cent spike - The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 February 2023
A trend of people moving out of cities and urban areas and into the regions during the COVID-19 pandemic...
Housing Affordability and Superannuation – Commentators are missing the elephant in the room - 27 February, Sourceable
There’s a lot of talk at present regarding to role of superannuation funds, their purpose, tax concessions...
EV chargers in apartment blocks ‘a very expensive proposition’, 21 February 2022 - Sydney Morning Herald
Urban Taskforce, a lobby group for developers, said retrofitting existing apartment buildings was problematic...
Central Station’s $11bn revamp ‘risks repeating Barangaroo’s mistakes’ - Sydney Morning Herald, 23 January 2023
“Developer lobby group Urban Taskforce said the ambitious proposal was an “exemplar” of development...
Commencements Drop as Construction Glut Washes Through - The Urban Developer, 19 January 2023
Urban Taskforce chief executive Tom Forrest said the latest data showed the New South Wales planning...
Affordability and rental crisis looks set to deteriorate in NSW – Urban Taskforce - The Australian Broker, 19 January 2023
New ABS data showed that NSW “faces a long road to recovery and on housing supply and affordability,”...

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