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Declining Building Approvals -UDIA calls for Government focus on housing supply and skilled workers
Tuesday 31 May 2022 Today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics’ announcement of a 2.4% fall in Building Approvals is a timely reminder of the challenges…
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UDIA Celebrates the best of the best in our industry in the UDIA National Awards for Excellence 2022.
Tonight, at the prestigious UDIA National Awards for Excellence 2022, we recognised and celebrated the very best that Australia’s urban development industry has to…
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UDIA Congratulates the Albanese Government on its Victory
Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) congratulates the Australian Labor Party on yesterday’s election victory and welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with the incoming…
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Low unemployment and a skills shortage – UDIA calls on Government to focus on Skilled Labour
Today’s Australian Bureau of Statistics’ announcement of an unemployment rate of 3.9% is a timely reminder of the need to boost skilled workers to…
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First Home Buyer Super Initiative to enable more Australians buy their first home.
Urban Development Institute of Australia National welcomed today’s announced Liberal party initiative that gives first home buyers the option to use more of their…
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Financial Choice initiative a practical way to help more Australians into the right type of home
Urban Development Institute of Australia applauds today’s announcement from the Liberal Party that gives older Australians the financial choice to downsize their homes and…
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Boosting Supply is the cornerstone for success to Labor’s housing plans
The Urban Development Institute of Australia National welcomes the Labor party’s newly announced suite of policies to help Australians into their own home and…
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Reduce costs and boost supply to shield Australians from looming interest rate pain
History tells us that interest rates alone cannot moderate house prices unless political leaders boost dwindling supply and remove the economic blockers that make…
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Six steps to growing better cities and regions, and increasing housing supply according to UDIA
UDIA National calls on political leaders to seize the opportunity and develop plans which put core infrastructure as their central focus, enabling Australia to…
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Bold migration targets needed to secure long term economic growth
Border closures during the COVID freeze on immigration will wipe $17.9 billion off economic growth by 2025 unless political leaders immediately support initiatives to…
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A Home for Everyone? – Not if you’re a young family
As home ownership rates for Australians aged 25-34 sink to a record low of just 42% in 2021, the Urban Development Institute of Australia…
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New Housing: It’s about supply, actually!
Much has been said about the lack of “housing supply” across Australia, however what this actually means, is widely misunderstood. There is significant difference…