Build up or lock out: How Melbourne’s housing ‘success’ is set to divide voters
Melbourne's planning minister is pushing for higher-density housing near train stations to address affordability, while the opposition Coalition plans to challenge these 'activity centres' in the upcoming election. The debate highlights the tension between urban development needs and local community opposition to high-rise projects.
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Housing density policies are becoming a central electoral battleground as cities struggle to balance population growth with infrastructure and community preservation.
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Share A A A Melbourne Assembly brings together the people, ideas and conversations shaping the future of our city. See all stories . Melburnians can choose to accept apartment buildings around train stations or forever lock young people out of living in the city’s middle and inner suburbs, planning minister Sonya Kilkenny has claimed.
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