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Housing affordability
Revealed: The ‘missing middle’ Sydney housing changes delayed until after council elections
The major “stage 2” changes to permit more low- and mid-rise housing are now slated for the end of 2024 despite earlier indications they would be active by June.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Can the powerful owl and a flying fox save this north shore zone from development?
In a summons filed in the Land and Environment Court, Ku-ring-gai Council claims the government failed to give due consideration to critical habitat and threatened species.
- by Michael Koziol
Government prepared to underwrite housing projects to boost viability
Meanwhile, a financial analyst told a property summit that Sydney unit prices and rents needed to rise by 30 per cent to make new developments more viable.
- by Michael Koziol
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Property development
Housing sites may not be feasible west of Sydney’s ‘latte line’. Here’s why
Industry analysis says apartments can’t be built for a price buyers are willing to pay in most of the 37 suburbs captured by the government’s transport-oriented development program. Others are not so sure.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Revealed: How Sydney’s housing push will be watered down
A “policy refinement paper” obtained by the Herald reveals several land zones will be excluded from the forthcoming low- and mid-rise housing policy, among other concessions to local councils.
- by Michael Koziol
New taxes impeding delivery of 50,000 new homes in Sydney, developers claim
A new Property Council report says two new taxes and long planning approval times are making housing construction across swaths of Sydney unfeasible.
- by Max Maddison
This mayor says he’s ‘more YIMBY than NIMBY’, but his council will sue the state over housing
Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.
- by Anthony Segaert
Greater housing density is coming to a Sydney suburb near you. Here’s what you need to know
The state government has begun its transport-oriented development program. What does it mean for your neighbourhood?
- by Michael Koziol
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State Parliament
New Sydney housing targets rattle advocates and developers
Details about the government’s transport development zones have peak community housing groups as well as developers in agreement.
- by Max Maddison
‘It would just ruin it’: The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy
Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.
- by Michael Koziol
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Planning
Housing backtrack: Councils swoop on wiggle room in development plan
New planning controls are due to be imposed in April, but documents reveal the government is prepared to allow councils another six months to devise their own plans around some train stations.
- by Michael Koziol
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