Victoria’s planning reforms are working. There's been nearly a 50% increase in Townhouse permits since last year.
Turns out it's not complicated: make building easier, and the homes follow.
EVENT: Our very own Katie Roberts-Hull will be representing us at a lively discussion about what's causing the housing crisis and how to fix it!
Join us @ Table Scraps: Housing, who gets to belong? Tuesday, June 2nd
Rents fell in Austin when they built more homes. Good things are possible when you do planning reform 🏗️
Our own Jonathan O'Brien represented Abundant Housing Network Australia at the recent Commonwealth Inquiry into Productivity. Here he is talking about why our cities are the engines of Australia's economy:
Grattan Institute’s new report shows that letting Australian homebuyers choose the car-parking they need will:
→ make housing cheaper,
→ get more homes built faster, and
→ create more walkable cities.
Get your tickets: moshtix.com.au/v2/event/tab...
You can read the full submission to this inquiry here: bsky.app/profile/abun...
Read the full report below:
grattan.edu.au/report/waste...
A vast majority of social housing tenants do not own cars. Adding extra car parking, to no benefit to the tenants, would increase the cost of each apartment by up to $60,000. Potentially blowing out the project cost by more than $2.7 million.
Jonathan O’Brien, Lead Organiser for YIMBY Melbourne, accused [the NIMBYs] of being “tone-deaf”, saying the proposal appeared to be compliant, and the apartments would get built.
“Grandstanding against common-sense inner-city housing is just a really embarrassing look in 2026”
