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Fast Track for Applications in Race to Build New Homes

Fast Track for Applications in Race to Build New Homes
Workers are seen on a building site in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 11, 2024. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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5/31/2024|Updated: 5/31/2024
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A promise to halve planning times for social housing could help New South Wales (NSW) meet its share of national home-building goals, which government insists are still within reach despite stubbornly low approvals.

Australia’s most populous state needs to deliver 377,000 more homes over the five years to mid-2029 in order to meet a national target of an extra 1.2 million extra houses.

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