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Nimbys v Yimbys: the affluent inner Melbourne suburbs that aren’t pulling their weight on housing
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A few kilometres east of the central business district, Boroondara takes in affluent suburbs including Balwyn, Camberwell, Canterbury, Hawthorn, Kew and Surrey Hills.
Yimby Melbourne’s lead organiser, Jonathan O’Brien, said this was largely due to a “nimby local council” and community resistance to high-density housing.
The move has been welcomed by Brendan Coates, the Grattan Institute’s economic policy program director, who said restrictive zoning was the “biggest barrier” to boosting housing supply in Melbourne
He said in 2016 Auckland embarked on a radical plan to upzone 75% of residential land, which tripled the city’s dwelling capacity, led to a surge in construction and spared the region from ballooning house prices and rents.
Peter Tulip, the chief economist at the Centre for Independent Studies, said the Yimby Melbourne report was “more formidable” and “impressive” than a similar one he authored in 2023, which recommended new housing targets for the affluent inner and eastern suburbs in NSW.
The planning minister, Sonya Kilkenny, said the government was working with councils to “build more homes in the areas where people want to live – close to jobs, transport and essential services”.“The status quo is not an option,” she said.
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