NSW Premier Chris Minns has said the state’s housing crisis is so pervasive that it has infected all parts of public policy from industrial relations to shortages in skilled labour and the cost of living.

In his strongest comments to date on the housing quagmire facing NSW, Minns also doubled down on councils that try to stand in the way of development, reminding them “local government is just an act of the state parliament”.

“The biggest problems we face all come back to housing,” Minns said in an exclusive interview.

“We’ve got industrial relations problems; they’re really housing problems. We’ve got a skilled labour shortage problem, it’s really a housing problem. We’ve got a cost of living, family budget problem – it’s really a housing problem.

“The biggest element of every family

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