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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 18h

CAUTION SCARY CONTENT IN THE ARTICLE BELOW 👇

www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 18h

Halloween has come early for Boroondara's planners...

...they might have to approve medium-density housing! 😱 😱

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 1d

Listen to the full interview below:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wBL...

Melbourne Drive - Do we have too much heritage?

Jonathan O'Brien (YIMBY Melbourne Lead Organiser) talks about whether we have too much heritage in Melbourne. Recorded on 7/10/2025

www.youtube.com

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 1d

Does Melbourne have too much heritage? Our Lead Organiser, Jonathan O'Brien, discusses with ABC Melbourne Drive 👇

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 2d

Disappointing to see Victoria's Police Minister oppose high-quality medium-density apartments in his own backyard.

We need to allow *more* affordable housing options in quiet suburban streets!

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 8d

The Battle for Mentone (2025)

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 9d

Greensborough NIMBYs are having a normal one...

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 17d

It's too early to judge the success of Victoria's planning reforms based on permit statistics before the first Townhouse Code-enabled permit was likely even approved!

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 21d

It shouldn't take years to rezone well-located land for more housing. The newly announced Unlocking Strategic Sites pathway is another positive (small) step towards a more affordable Melbourne.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

Ten-day subdivisions send clear signal: Victoria can move fast and build things.

You love to see it.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

Stonnington also claims its plan represents the community's voice. But in reality, their consultation process was biased towards older time-rich residents.

This underscores why the Activity Centre Program is critical. The status quo just won't cut it.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

Stonnington is claiming that their current strategy can deliver 17,000 homes *more* than the Victorian Government's housing target.

However, they fail to mention that their strategy needs nearly the entirety of Stonnington to be demolished and rebuilt by 2051. Very feasible...

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

Mayor Jolly claimed on the night that it was naive to link the laneway decision to the housing crisis, but we suggest it isn’t.

The housing crisis has been caused by a thousand cuts. It’s time everyone takes responsibility for the role they’re playing in maintaining the crisis.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

Disappointing to see a majority of City of Yarra councillors vote to kill the redevelopment of Piedimonte's supermarket despite the council officer's recommendation supporting the redevelopment.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

See the full draft plans here: engage.vic.gov.au/activity-cen...

Activity Centres Program – Phase 2: Sharing our draft maps

Draft maps for the next 25 train and tram zone activity centres are now available - help shape what happens next.

engage.vic.gov.au

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 28d

The Victorian Government today has released the draft plans for the next 25 activity centres in its upzoning program. It's great to see more homes being enabled around our world-class train and tram network!

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Sep 1

Listen/watch the full episode below 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rskq...

YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Sep 1

🎙️ Our lead organiser, @jonobri.com, appeared on the latest episode of "The Elephant in the Room" podcast, discussing the need for a realignment between the balance of progress and conservation.

[Link in next post]

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 26

*Local councils ban medium-density housing in most of our suburbs*

Local councils: "Why is nobody building the housing we banned?" 🤔🤔🤔

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 20

Remains a mystery why we have a housing shortage...

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 16

Read the full article in The Age here: www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

‘Apartments for the rich’: Developments fast-tracked with no affordable housing

Critics say the state government’s Development Facilitation Program – under which developers can pay a levy to avoid providing cheaper apartments – has failed to deliver affordable housing.

www.theage.com.au

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 16

Are subsidised homes for the middle class better than social housing for those at risk of homelessness? Planning academics and Yarra’s mayor seem to think so.

We support the DFP’s 3% levy for Victoria’s Social Housing Growth Fund, which means more social housing for more people.

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 13

Read Matthew Maltman's new working paper on zoning reform and construction productivity below 👇

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Zoning Reform and Construction Sector Productivity

Construction sector productivity has stagnated or declined across much of the developed world in recent decades. This paper highlights a notable exception: New

papers.ssrn.com

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Aug 13

A new paper highlights that while countries like Australia have seen construction productivity fall, NZ saw a boom in the 2010s.

Their secret? Zoning reform.

By allowing more medium-density housing in cities like Auckland, they supercharged their construction sector

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YIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · Jul 27

This does not mean we should have fewer planners. We have simply made urban planning too complex by micromanaging Australians' housing choices.

To make it simpler, we could start by making it possible to build more six-storey apartments near the CBD?

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