UDIA Victoria’s Housing Policy Scorecard compares the announced policies of the Labor Government and Liberal-National Coalition with the recommendations in Building Homes: Backing Industry, UDIA’s 2026 State Election Platform, across four election platform priorities.

It finds the strongest shared alignment on planning and housing supply, where both parties have announced or have implemented reforms.

Property tax reform remains a significant gap. Both parties have made modest commitments. However, neither has addressed key priorities such as abolishing Windfall Gains Tax or delivering broader reform to taxes hampering investment and affordability.

On infrastructure, neither has committed to a delivery pipeline of enabling infrastructure for the growth areas. Labor has implemented some modest workforce support measures, while the Coalition has not announced any policies against this priority.

The scorecard highlights that both parties need to do more if they are truly committed to improving the cost to build and buy new housing in Victoria.