YIMBY Melbourne
@yimby.melbourne
People-led. Grassroots. For housing abundance.
A large body of evidence shows that when planning controls are relaxed, the result is more and cheaper housing.
It’s time for our Governments to act. 🏗️
It’s time for our Governments to act. 🏗️
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A large body of evidence shows that when planning controls are relaxed, the result is more and cheaper housing.
It’s time for our Governments to act. 🏗️
It’s time for our Governments to act. 🏗️
Minneapolis, US → Single-family zoning ban (previously covered 70 per cent of the city):
✅ A 15-to-23 per cent reduction in mid-tier house price growth
✅ A 15-to-23 per cent reduction in mid-tier house price growth
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Minneapolis, US → Single-family zoning ban (previously covered 70 per cent of the city):
✅ A 15-to-23 per cent reduction in mid-tier house price growth
✅ A 15-to-23 per cent reduction in mid-tier house price growth
Seattle, US → Upzoning from single-family to low-rise multi-family zoning:
✅ Sustained 2.5 per cent per year increase in the housing stock
✅ Sustained 2.5 per cent per year increase in the housing stock
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Seattle, US → Upzoning from single-family to low-rise multi-family zoning:
✅ Sustained 2.5 per cent per year increase in the housing stock
✅ Sustained 2.5 per cent per year increase in the housing stock
Lower Hutt (Wellington), NZ → Widespread upzoning to medium- and high-density:
✅ Three-fold Increase in housing starts Lower Hutt, and across the broader metro region by 10-to-18 per cent.
✅ Rents reduced by 21 per cent.
✅ Three-fold Increase in housing starts Lower Hutt, and across the broader metro region by 10-to-18 per cent.
✅ Rents reduced by 21 per cent.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Lower Hutt (Wellington), NZ → Widespread upzoning to medium- and high-density:
✅ Three-fold Increase in housing starts Lower Hutt, and across the broader metro region by 10-to-18 per cent.
✅ Rents reduced by 21 per cent.
✅ Three-fold Increase in housing starts Lower Hutt, and across the broader metro region by 10-to-18 per cent.
✅ Rents reduced by 21 per cent.
Zurich, Switzerland → Increased maximum floor-to-area ratios:
✅ Increase in supply of 9 per cent in the subsequent five-to-10 years.
✅ Larger upzonings in areas with high rents incite a stronger reaction.
✅ Increase in supply of 9 per cent in the subsequent five-to-10 years.
✅ Larger upzonings in areas with high rents incite a stronger reaction.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Zurich, Switzerland → Increased maximum floor-to-area ratios:
✅ Increase in supply of 9 per cent in the subsequent five-to-10 years.
✅ Larger upzonings in areas with high rents incite a stronger reaction.
✅ Increase in supply of 9 per cent in the subsequent five-to-10 years.
✅ Larger upzonings in areas with high rents incite a stronger reaction.
São Paulo, Brazil → Increased built-area-ratios at the city-block level:
✅ Long-run 1.9 per cent increase in supply.
✅ 0.5 per cent decrease in prices.
✅ Long-run 1.9 per cent increase in supply.
✅ 0.5 per cent decrease in prices.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
São Paulo, Brazil → Increased built-area-ratios at the city-block level:
✅ Long-run 1.9 per cent increase in supply.
✅ 0.5 per cent decrease in prices.
✅ Long-run 1.9 per cent increase in supply.
✅ 0.5 per cent decrease in prices.
Auckland, New Zealand → Broad upzoning of 75 per cent of urban land area in Auckland:
✅ Doubled the rate of homes approved in 5 years.
✅ Boosted dwelling stock by 4 per cent.
✅ Reduced rents by 14-to-35 per cent for two- and three-bedroom homes.
✅ Doubled the rate of homes approved in 5 years.
✅ Boosted dwelling stock by 4 per cent.
✅ Reduced rents by 14-to-35 per cent for two- and three-bedroom homes.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Auckland, New Zealand → Broad upzoning of 75 per cent of urban land area in Auckland:
✅ Doubled the rate of homes approved in 5 years.
✅ Boosted dwelling stock by 4 per cent.
✅ Reduced rents by 14-to-35 per cent for two- and three-bedroom homes.
✅ Doubled the rate of homes approved in 5 years.
✅ Boosted dwelling stock by 4 per cent.
✅ Reduced rents by 14-to-35 per cent for two- and three-bedroom homes.
Making it illegal to build housing like this across our cities is why housing is unaffordable.
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Making it illegal to build housing like this across our cities is why housing is unaffordable.
We make it illegal to build medium- to higher-density housing across the majority of our cities.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
We make it illegal to build medium- to higher-density housing across the majority of our cities.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
YIMBY Melbourne calls on the new Liberal team to put forward and support an ambitious platform of planning reform to unlock more housing supply for all Victorians.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
YIMBY Melbourne calls on the new Liberal team to put forward and support an ambitious platform of planning reform to unlock more housing supply for all Victorians.
The Business Council of Australia, where Wilson was formerly the Director of Policy, has rightly pointed out that Victoria’s outdated and labyrinthine planning regulations are holding back investment and productivity growth.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The Business Council of Australia, where Wilson was formerly the Director of Policy, has rightly pointed out that Victoria’s outdated and labyrinthine planning regulations are holding back investment and productivity growth.
Jess Wilson has the opportunity to join the growing ranks of centre-right politicians across Australia and New Zealand in pursuing an ambitious pro-housing stance for the next generation.
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Jess Wilson has the opportunity to join the growing ranks of centre-right politicians across Australia and New Zealand in pursuing an ambitious pro-housing stance for the next generation.
Listen to the full interview below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ5X...
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Listen to the full interview below: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ5X...
In the 1980s, for the average woman, it would have taken 6 years of wages to purchase the average Brighton property.
In 2025, despite radical improvements in gender pay, it would take the average woman nearly 33 years...
In 2025, despite radical improvements in gender pay, it would take the average woman nearly 33 years...
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
In the 1980s, for the average woman, it would have taken 6 years of wages to purchase the average Brighton property.
In 2025, despite radical improvements in gender pay, it would take the average woman nearly 33 years...
In 2025, despite radical improvements in gender pay, it would take the average woman nearly 33 years...
Making it illegal to build housing like this across our cities is why housing is unaffordable.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Making it illegal to build housing like this across our cities is why housing is unaffordable.
We make it illegal to build medium- to higher-density housing across the majority of our cities.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We make it illegal to build medium- to higher-density housing across the majority of our cities.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
We cannot legally build enough homes where people want to live.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM