Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets

  • Written by: David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University
Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targetsTaras Vyshnya/Shutterstock

The Victorian government this week gave the state’s local councils a gargantuan task: solve the housing crisis by accelerating new housing.

Each council now has a target for new housing to reach by 2051. By that time the state’s population will have grown by over 3 million to top 10 million. While the exact...

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