Episode 2.10: Why Can't Anyone Build the Housing We Actually Need? with Simon Croft

<p>Australia has promised 1.2 million new homes by 2029. Hitting that number depends on far more than building faster.</p><p>In this episode, I am joined by <a href="https://au.linkedin.com/in/simon-croft-aa0294184" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Simon Croft</a>, Chief Executive - Industry &amp; Policy at the <a href="https://hia.com.au/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=15007343177&gbraid=0AAAAADvDtwCDCm89BQencmnBKFbAdlASa&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIube28fSAlwMVswZ7Bx3hjipYEAAYASAAEgLmS_D_BwE" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Housing Industry Association</a>, for an inside look at what is holding back housing supply in Australia, and whether we are building the kinds of homes people actually need.</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to discover:</p><ul><li>Why land prices jumped more than 500% in 25 years, while construction costs rose around 150%</li><li>Why planning rules that have barely changed in two centuries can limit the housing our cities can deliver</li><li>Whether pattern book housing can be fast, affordable and well built without lowering standards</li><li>Why the fight over an 80-page National Construction Code misses the bigger problem</li><li>Why a ten-day approval that delivered four affordable townhouses on one block still isn&#39;t happening everywhere</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Simon has spent more than twenty-five years across construction, training, building regulation and housing policy, so tune in to hear why he still describes the system as a &quot;hamster wheel.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>#HousingSupply #HousingAffordability #HousingIndustryAssociation #ConstructionCosts #NationalConstructionCode #GrannyFlats</p>