HeyJaredAndrea Sharam
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- Sep 10, 2026
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How social housing could save the construction industry from the boom-bust cycle (opens the original)
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A lot of builders are only just holding on right now because of social housing investment, but successive governments have retreated from social housing, writes Andrea Sharam. This final article in our series on overcoming housing construction constraints, we reflect on the prospect for reform. The most significant finding of AHURI’s Overcoming construction constraints for the supply of new detached and high-rise housing was that market volatility constrains output, and without addressing volati
Code compliance and raising builders’ margins are key to solving building defects (opens the original)
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The solutions to the building defect problem must be multipronged and address incentives and capacity, writes Andrea Sharam. And building code enforcement is essential to a properly functioning insurance system and to consumer rights. Spinifex is an opinion column. If you would like to contribute, contact us to ask for a detailed brief. Detached housing construction has been flat for the past 45 years, and apartment development is highly dependent on speculative booms and a run up in prices. Apa
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