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Ahead of an Australian-first trackless tram trial in Perth on Sunday, Monash University called for State and Federal funding to deliver the Caulfield-...

Housing crisis: Victoria’s Future Homes project provides template designs for three storey apartment buildings that can be bought by developers, housing organisations and others for $15,000. The program offers fast track approvals and “really good design” sourced via a rigorous competition involving some of the state’s top architectural firms.

Local councils say the state government’s plan to increase homes and population density in established Melbourne suburbs will fail if it cuts them out of decision-making.

YIMBY Melbourne's Jonathan O’Brien argues Melbourne "can no longer have a city that is patches of towers joined by the flat carpet of single detached dwellings.

"There's no question that substantial quality infill is essential. However, this shouldn't be by strangling detached housing in greenfield areas, which denies the housing preferences of many households," writes former planner MIKE QUIRK.

Roz Hansen helped draft the original ‘Plan Melbourne’. The state government went way off-track – how would Hansen salvage it today?

Property industry groups, who played a key role in the changes, welcomed Victoria’s planning overhaul and goal of building 800,000 homes over the next decade.

The city’s public housing towers will be torn down and replaced, city office blocks will be transformed into apartments and government land will be sold off as part of the Andrews government’s ambitious plan.

Yarra Ranges council employee tells supreme court of ‘chaotic’ scenes after a January meeting

Housing and tourism are encroaching on the city’s fertile farmland, putting its food bowl – and livelihoods – at risk