The government has set massive construction targets in an attempt to fix the housing crisis.

But the Master Builders Association say ballooning construction costs could make the goal to build hundreds of thousands of new homes difficult to achieve.

Ryan Tierney is a tradie, and one of the creators of C-Paid - a business focused on helping construction workers get paid.

You can check out C-Paid here

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