The WA government has tried many things to ease the housing crisis. Will any of them work?
ABCEver since the housing headaches created during the early days of the COVID pandemic became apparent, the state government has made dozens of announcements about ideas meant to make things better. And that's why we're trying every initiative possible to release housing onto the market," an exasperated Treasurer Rita Saffioti said last week. "And what's happened in the last three years is costs have flown past revenues, and we haven't seen that balance redressed." 'It's enormously stressful': WA government throws builders $300,000 lifeline to finish stalled homes Photo shows A doorway inside a brick house under construction. "The really unfortunate issue around the whole housing supply situation is you need affordability to almost worsen in order to further supply," Rowley said.
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