As 2025 unfolds, Australia finds itself in a peculiar position. The nation is experiencing a housing shortage, which the government acknowledges is worsening.
The Albanese government’s National Housing Supply and Affordability Council forecasts that growth in housing demand will outstrip supply throughout 2023-24, 2024-25, and will continue to do so through to 2028-29.
Yet despite this revelation from a federal government agency, a set of conditions continues to be pursued that will likely cause the nation’s housing shortage to worsen.
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