Building companies have warned the industry could be in serious trouble if the state government does not give them financial help, as Perth recorded the tightest residential vacancy rate in the country.
The ABC visited an emerging suburb in the city’s south-east, where the vast majority of dozens of sites earmarked for new houses lay dormant amid the skilled labour crisis.
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