Australia to Speed Up Housing Construction as Crisis Lingers
A housing development in a south-west Sydney suburb.
Photographer: Davis Gray/AFP/Getty Images
Australia’s government is planning a series of measures to speed up the construction of homes as the country continues to grapple with a national housing crisis.
Among measures enforced immediately are fast-tracking the assessment of more than 26,000 new homes and freezing further changes to construction laws to escalate housing approvals, according to a statement Saturday. It plans to use artificial intelligence to help implement the changes.