Mandurah's Housing Response: Policy or Patch-up?
Following the Cook Labor Government’s 2026–27 State Budget, we examine the housing package aimed at the Peel region. With Mandurah facing a chronic rental supply crunch and skyrocketing rents, this episode analyzes whether the government's billion-dollar commitments to social housing and tax concessions address the structural roots of the crisis or serve as a reactive measure to regional political pressure.
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Western Australia is committing one point six billion dollars to build eighteen hundred social and affordable dwellings.
Mandurah rental vacancy rates plummeted to zero point six percent by twenty twenty-four.
Median rents in Mandurah surged seventy-two point three percent over a five-year period.
Purpose-built rentals maintain higher stability with a three point six percent vacancy rate.
Inclusionary zoning mandates that developers include affordable units within new residential projects.
Thirteen point five million dollars will extend the Western Australia Rent Relief Program for struggling tenants.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Billion-Dollar Budget Blueprint2 min
- 03The Mandurah Crunch: A Data Deep Dive3 min
- 04Zoning, Infill, and the Path Forward3 min
- 05Outro1 min
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