Decades of failed housing policy from successive governments – at all levels – has led to a chronic undersupply of housing over many years.
In Western Australia, this has been exacerbated by the strongest population growth of all Australian states and territories and has driven rapid house price increases.
While greenfield development remains an important part of the housing mix, WA needs far more medium and high-density infill development to meet its housing targets and ease the housing crisis for Western Australians.
This report unpacks some of the reasons infill development is falling well short of targets and provides recommendations to the WA Government that are designed to address the current economic barriers to more infill development.
