EMILY BOURKE: The latest national projections put the shortfall in dwellings at close to 500,000 within a decade.
The New South Wales Government moved this week to offer big cash incentives for first home buyers in the hope that construction will take off.
While the Victorian Government announced plans to create six new suburbs on Melbourne's outskirts for housing developments.
But construction is falling woefully short of demand.
So, what are the solutions and can they really work?
For more I spoke to Chris Johnson from the Urban Taskforce, Ruth Spielman from the National Growth Areas Alliance which represents 25 of the nation's fastest growing municipalities and Angela Spinney from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Chris Johnson, you speak on behalf of developers, is the housing crisis real?
The New South Wales Government moved this week to offer big cash incentives for first home buyers in the hope that construction will take off.
While the Victorian Government announced plans to create six new suburbs on Melbourne's outskirts for housing developments.
But construction is falling woefully short of demand.
So, what are the solutions and can they really work?
For more I spoke to Chris Johnson from the Urban Taskforce, Ruth Spielman from the National Growth Areas Alliance which represents 25 of the nation's fastest growing municipalities and Angela Spinney from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.
Chris Johnson, you speak on behalf of developers, is the housing crisis real?
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