The Minns Labor Government has welcomed today\u2019s release of the Productivity and Equality Commission\u2019s latest housing report Review of Housing Supply Challenges and Policy Options for New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This report was commissioned by Premier Chris Minns who tasked Productivity Commissioner Peter Achterstraat with investigating and providing evidence-based recommendations about the barriers impacting housing supply, including in the construction industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Commissioner was also asked to investigate barriers which are holding up the delivery of different housing and development types that are sought by renters and owner-occupiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Review made 32 recommendations grouped into four key themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government is now considering the report and will develop an action plan that will identify which recommendations the Government can take up immediately with a priority placed on recommendations that will help unblock bottlenecks and support increased housing supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The review builds on critical analysis by the Productivity and Equality Commission in previous housing reports looking into how density can be done well and ideas on better land use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s report provides new insight into why doing nothing is not an option. This follows the Commissioner stating in his last housing review, \u201cIf we don’t act, we could become a city with no grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The paper found that between 2016 and 2021, Sydney lost twice as many people aged 30 to 40 as it gained. 35,000 came to Sydney, but 70,000 left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also found that while Sydney has among the highest average wages in Australia, over recent years it has consistently lost population to other states and regional NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While there is more to do, the Minns Labor Government has made bold strides to reform the planning system in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minns Labor Government is committed to confronting the housing crisis head on and that means ensuring we have more supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NSW Government thanks Commissioner Peter Achterstraat for the work in this latest report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Premier Chris Minns said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe won\u2019t back away from the challenge ahead of us \u2013 building thousands of new homes near existing infrastructure for a generation of young people locked out of housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Commissioner warned in his last report that we\u2019re at risk of being a city with no young people. Doing nothing is not an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis means honestly assessing the conditions we are working in, and thinking innovatively about what we can do better like this report does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want to thank Commissioner Peter Achterstraat for the work on this report.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs it cites in its foreword, this report is \u2018about looking our housing challenge in the face \u2013 it is also about practical solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe welcome the latest insights from the Productivity and Equality Commissioner and look forward to working through his recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe NSW Government is confronting the housing crisis head on \u2013 and that means making sure we create changes to help increase housing supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve already introduced some of the biggest planning reforms in NSW history and are keen to consider and act on recommendations from important reviews like this from the Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Minns Labor Government has welcomed today\u2019s release of the Productivity and Equality Commission\u2019s latest housing report Review of Housing Supply Challenges and Policy Options for New South Wales. This report was commissioned by Premier Chris Minns who tasked Productivity Commissioner Peter Achterstraat with investigating and providing evidence-based recommendations about the barriers impacting housing supply, … Continue reading “Productivity Commission report released into housing supply challenges faced by New South Wales”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29012,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29011\/revisions\/29012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}