On Wednesday 11 March 2009 the National Housing Supply Council released its first State of Supply Report. The 2008 report focuses on
projections of underlying demand and of land and housing supply over 20 years from 2008 to 2028, the gap between housing demand and supply and implications for submarkets, with particular attention on affordability issues for lower income households, a number of current influences on supply and demand, as well as the need for research to better understand how these impact on the housing market and the discussion of data collection and methodology, including the need for more sophisticated modelling, and the need to improve data collection and analysis, particularly on land supply for residential development. Read the report on the Department of Families, Housing Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Website.