This inquiry provides an examination of the Australian construction sector’s ability to deliver both detached and high-rise housing. It analyses construction workflows, markets, regulation, workforce, technologies and supply chains. The report finds there is no overarching strategy aimed at addressing housing construction constraints. It provides eight interconnected options for policymakers and industry.

This report focuses on the innovative ways in which local government can support housing delivery. Specifically, it addresses how local governments can intervene to improve housing production and supply, while also improving the sustainability and quality of housing within their jurisdictions. It provides policy insights for local government interventions to improve housing outcomes.

This report responds to the multiple challenges currently impacting Victoria’s building and construction industry including skills and labour shortages, supply shortages, price increases, significant workplace stress and mental health issues. It also sets out best-practice skills, practices and innovation being developed and applied in leading international jurisdictions.

The gravity and urgency of the climate emergency and the housing affordability crisis together warrant a significant, coordinated national effort to recalibrate the housing industry and ensure its sustainable future. This report informs a strategy to facilitate circular economy housing - from construction, through operation to demolition - and the incentives and regulatory levers needed...

Understanding the structure of building-material supply chains is essential for policy development seeking to reduce carbon intensity of new material choice and use in the housing industry. This research analyses the supply chains and regulatory settings applicable to manufactured building materials used by the residential housing industry to assist the housing industry in reducing greenhouse...