Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone.
Tickets are nearly sold out!
www.yimby.melbourne/tour
Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone.
Tickets are nearly sold out!
www.yimby.melbourne/tour
Are cities just giant labour markets?
Alain Bertaud argues that cities should be designed by millions of individual trade-offs, not a single planner's estimated "average".
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Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone.
Get your tickets now 👇
www.yimby.melbourne/tour
But this doesn't mean the work is done 👇
01.03.2026 20:45 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Melbourne's planning reforms are nation-leading 💪
01.03.2026 20:45 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Full op-ed on the AFR here: www.afr.com/politics/thi...
27.02.2026 00:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💯 bang on the money. Younger Australians are facing worse and worse trade-offs in pursuit of housing affordability.
To reverse intergenerational inequality, Governments must make our major cities accessible again.
Last week, our lead organiser, Jonathan O'Brien, was on A Current Affair. He argued that we should not empower a loud minority to block new homes being built where people want to live.
26.02.2026 20:34 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
The evidence is clear that restrictive planning controls are a significant long-term driver of Melbourne’s high housing costs.
Sensible centre-right parties from New Zealand, to Canada to NSW show that centre-right housing policies don’t have to say “no”—they can say “yes and”
The Grattan Institute shows the Activity Centre Program adds 110k+ feasible homes to Middle Melbourne.
Any "alternative" that cuts this capacity will only hike prices and kill housing choice. We cannot afford a net loss in feasible housing. Impactful reform must stay.
YIMBY modelling shows lifting controls in Fitzroy/Collingwood unlocks huge feasibility—the demand is there.
But excluding Carlton, East Melbourne, and West Melbourne creates arbitrary gaps in our city core.
PRESS RELEASE → Whilst YIMBY Melbourne applauds the Coalition’s more positive housing vision, their plans leave too much to be desired.
26.02.2026 01:27 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0Get tickets to this live podcast recording now → events.humanitix.com/fixing-austr...
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[Hosted by our Lead Organiser — Jonathan O'Brien]
Australia gives billions of dollars to charity each year. But the rules governing where those dollars can go are outdated and often misaligned with impact.
Is the DGR system the biggest handbrake on Aussie charity? 👇
Sign up to be in the Community Reference Group below 👇
engage.vic.gov.au/activity-cen...
Help shape the future of Melbourne’s Activity Centres!
Community Reference Groups (CRGs) are being formed right now to provide local feedback to the upzoning plans.
If we want walkable, transit-oriented, and affordable neighbourhoods, we need YIMBYs in the room!
The Order without Design: how markets shape cities — the Australian Tour will host events across Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne.
Get your tickets now 👇
www.yimby.melbourne/tour
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Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone.
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Read the full press release below 👇
www.yimby.melbourne/post/final-2...
In South Yarra/Prahran, avg lots are <250m², but rules demand a 1000m² minimum for height bonuses.
Requiring developers to merge 5+ lots just for height bonuses is an unnecessary hurdle for more well-located homes.
Melbourne’s latest planning drafts reveal a bolder vision for suburbs like Prahran and Toorak. By expanding inner catchment zones, the Dept of Transport & Planning is finally leaning into its new toolkit to put higher-density homes exactly where people want to live.
11.02.2026 01:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The final draft plans for Melbourne’s Activity Centre Program show a promising vision for housing where people want to live.
But YIMBY Melbourne warns that restrictive minimum lot size rules could leave new homes on the drawing board.
The Order without Design: how markets shape cities — the Australian Tour will host events across Sydney, Canberra, and Melbourne.
Get your tickets now 👇
www.yimby.melbourne/tour
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One site, two permits, two radically different reactions.
NIMBYs overwhelmingly weaponise the planning system against social housing.
It's time to stop listening to NIMBYs and build more homes.
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ANNOUNCEMENT → Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities — the Australian Tour
Join Alain Bertaud (author of Order without Design) and Brendan Coates (Grattan Institute) to discuss how to make Australian cities work better for everyone.
[Link to tickets in next tweet]
We do not build enough homes where people want to live. Why? Because our urban planning systems make it impossible.
We need our planning system to say 'yes', not 'no'.
Join the campaign hometime.org.au
27.01.2026 20:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Commonwealth policy leaves young Australians locked out of community housing.
The "youth housing penalty" is one of the factors behind the low rate of social housing tenancies being offered to young people, currently less than 3%. 👇
