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Jacob Shteyman

THE TRUTH ABOUT: The obvious and easy way to help boost housing supply - The Untold Story

Thousands of homes are ready to be built but can't go ahead due to a lack of infrastructure. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

With this one simple trick, Australia's housing supply shortfall could quickly be reduced by an estimated 82,000 homes.

That's the amount of dwellings that developers are ready to start building in urban growth areas but can't because of a lack of sewers, roads and other enabling infrastructure, according to a report released by a group of outer suburban councils on Wednesday.

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