The West Australian government has hustled to introduce and pass reforms representing the state’s biggest-ever planning system overhaul, three years in the making and previously scheduled to take at least another two. The laws, introduced and passed in just five weeks, could see the time to get a big project off the ground reduced from […]
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WA Business News Industry groups have welcomed the state government’s move to increase the price limit for participants in the Keystart program, saying it should expand housing choice for low to middle income earners. Housing Minster John Carey yesterday announced an increase to the price cap for Keystart home loan scheme to $560,000 for properties […]
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THE PREMIER’S STATEMENT THAT THE BIGGEST PRESSURE POINT IS ON THOSE FAMILIES WHO ARE RENTING ACCOMMODATION OR YOUNG PEOPLE RENTING ACCOMMODATION FAILS TO ADDRESS THE BROADER ISSUE OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY “We have had dire predictions by one of Australia’s leading banks that Western Australia will have a shortfall of 90,000 homes by the middle of […]
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