The first rays of hope may be emerging on the housing construction horizon. The impact of this plays out most visibly in the residential housing market. Irrespective, ongoing housing supply policies and market failure continue to leave prospective entry level homeowners, out in the cold. These days the endless spread of our cities has its challenges, albeit new outer urban housing remains necessary in the overall housing supply mix. As suggested at the start of this article, there may be the first rays of hope on the housing construction horizon.