Where the $2B Infrastructure Fund actually lands: 2026 corridor map
The Budget's housing-enabling infrastructure money is not evenly distributed. Hera's corridor index shows where the capital is going — and what that does to land values.
Housing-enabling infrastructure — roads, water, sewer, power — is the unglamorous prerequisite for every greenfield release. The 2026 Budget's $2B Local Infrastructure Fund concentrates that capital on the state-government corridors that are already pre-approved and shovel-ready.
Land values in those corridors are not waiting for the announcements. They are repricing now, on the leaked allocation lists.
The corridor index
Hera's corridor index ranks the top 20 growth corridors nationally on five factors: infrastructure allocation, planning velocity, employment node proximity, school and health coverage, and developer pipeline depth. The top quartile is what we acquire into; the bottom quartile we will not touch regardless of headline yield.
Dax Stanley
Founder & Principal Strategist, Hera Property. #1 international bestselling author of Real Estate Investing Using ChatGPT.