“A radical plan to overhaul the tax system for housing, open up Melbourne’s middle suburbs and stop rampant population growth on the city’s outer fringe has been proposed by Victoria’s peak infrastructure body.”
“A radical plan to overhaul the tax system for housing, open up Melbourne’s middle suburbs and stop rampant population growth on the city’s outer fringe has been proposed by Victoria’s peak infrastructure body.”
@ajsadauskas@lemmy.ml Infrastructure Victoria is calling for sensible planning policies to put a stop to Melbourne’s never-ending suburban sprawl.
From The Age: "In a major new report, Infrastructure Victoria has called for fast-tracked planning approvals for townhouses, relaxed zoning to permit more low-rise apartments and the abolishment of stamp duty and first-home-buyers subsidies to increase housing options and affordability.
"The agency’s report, released on Tuesday, says 1.3 million new homes need to be built in Melbourne to meet the projections that the city’s population will swell from 5 million people to more than 8 million over the next 30 years.
"But there will be mounting financial and social costs if that growth remains concentrated in the city’s outer-fringe “greenfield” areas, where tracts of farmland have been carved up for detached houses.
“Half a million people have moved to seven of Melbourne’s greenfield areas – the municipalities of Cardinia, Casey, Hume, Melton, Whittlesea, Wyndham and Mitchell – over the past decade, accounting for half of Victoria’s total population growth.”
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https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/there-s-a-lot-at-stake-push-to-open-melbourne-s-suburbs-up-to-townhouses-apartments-20230327-p5cvii.html