Urban Living Network – 9 February 2024

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9 February 2024

In this Edition… 

  1. Urban Taskforce breaks down national housing approval figures – not a pretty sight
  2. Even NSW DPHI’s own calculations show National Housing Accord targets at risk
  3. Albanese Government must increase its infrastructure funding for the Accord to succeed
  4. Meriton founder’s warning a “red alert for NSW”
  5. Bradfield City Masterplan released
  6. NSW Treasurer affirms the centrality of housing in creating a productive and fairer NSW
  7. Labor controlled Councils start to agitate against planning reforms
  8. Coronation Property leading the way with Build to Rent
  9. NSW Parliamentary Committee’s Sydney Metro West report released
  10. Planning Portal can’t distinguish between a DA for a house or a pool – what Urban Taskforce warned when Planning set up the portal in 2015
  11. Albanese Government introduces legislation aimed at boosting housing supply
  12. Another construction company goes into liquidation
  13. Tulip paper ascribes 40% increase in housing prices since 2016 to zoning restrictions
  14. Council Watch
  15. Members in the news