Advocacy Results

Our recommendations are proportionate, responsive and consistent, ensuring we are a trusted voice to Government and in your corner when it matters most, over the last twelve months alone we have:

• We reduced the impact of the Windfall Gains Tax on industry, securing transitional exemptions and a fairer approach to the scope of uplift in land value and a delay in the commencement of the tax by 12 months and publicly called for a cap to protect regional development.
• Secured commitments from Melbourne Water to collaborate directly with industry to remove roadblocks.
• Secured significant wins for the sector with the final version of The State Taxation Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act 2023 by reducing the punitive impacts of the Vacant Residential Land Tax.
• Engaged in extensive consultation on reforms to Commercial and Industrial Property Tax, ensuring industry had a voice on proposed transition from stamp duty to a broad-based regime.
• Developed over 40 submissions on topics such as Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area Development Contributions Plan and Modernising Car and Bicycle Requirements to Vacant Residential Land Tax’s expansion.
• Secured a delay to the implementation of wide-ranging changes to the National Construction Code in Victoria until 1 May.
• Championed the industry in multiple Water Price Reviews for New Customer Contributions through the ESC to protect project viability for our new communities.
• Pioneered the inclusion of parental leave into our Constitution creating a benchmark for other organisations to follow.

Leading industry on the issues that matter

UDIA Victoria is laser-focused on achieving the right policy, regulatory and taxation settings to enable the residential development industry to build more high-quality, diverse, and affordable homes than ever before. To achieve this, we are:

• Ensuring greenfield supply remains part of Victoria’s housing affordability solution – prosecuting the need for more supply in Melbourne’s growth areas and in regional Victoria to ensure that Victorians can live in the locations and types of homes they choose.
• Working closely with local government to unwind red-tape, and permit delays. We have developed comprehensive business cases advocating for third-party certification of engineering and planning approvals.
• Calling for property tax reform to ensure both local and global investors have confidence to invest in Victoria.
• Providing an authoritative industry voice to Government on difficulties within Cultural Heritage Management Plans to bring together key stakeholders and create better outcomes for the sector.
• Leading the way on Biodiversity with in-depth consultation with all levels of Government following the discovery of the Grassland Earless Dragon and is impact on the development of Melbourne’s western growth corridor.
• Advocating for streamlining planning to providing greater certainty to the sector by working with key stakeholders on the codification, third-party approvals and the removal of barriers to approvals.
• Thought leadership through research highlighting the significant reduction in buyer borrowing capacity, land shortages, the impacts of material and labour shortages and forecasting apartment creation in central Melbourne.
• Advocated to the highest levels of Government and on the impact of the current taxation policy on the sector including the damage Windfall Gains Tax is reaving on our regions.