NSW council areas filled with standalone homes will be forced to allow more terraces, duplexes, walk-up flats and semis under sweeping changes by the Minns government designed to increase density and ease the housing crisis.
The plan to inject up to 112,000 new homes into infill suburbs in and around Sydney won the immediate support of planners and developers on Tuesday, but is expected to meet fierce response from councils, especially ones demanding improvements in infrastructure to support population growth.