WHITE PAPER: HOUSING TRACKER #4

The National Disgrace of Uncoordinated Infrastructure Planning in Australian Housing Delivery

Executive Summary

Australia’s housing crisis is not due to lack of land or funding promises — it is due to a total failure of consolidated infrastructure planning. Despite Labor’s commitment to 1.2 million homes and the Coalition’s 500,000 home pledge, the sector is tracking well behind the 240,000-per-year build rate required, achieving only 43,000 homes per quarter . This shortfall is not solely about labor and materials — it is because no one knows what’s available, ready, or feasible at a block-by-block level across Australia.​

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