Media Release: ABS data for January 2024: We must focus on getting approvals up or the housing crisis will continue

Urban Taskforce CEO, Tom Forrest, said today that ABS housing approvals data released for January  shows that on an annualised basis, the NSW housing approvals figures remain at record lows since the GFC, recording yet again the worst performance in the last decade – by a long way, and getting worse.

A mere 44,456 new dwelling approvals were issued in NSW in the 12 months to January 2024.

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