It comes almost four years after the Andrews government was called on to introduce mandatory “inclusionary zoning”, which required social or affordable housing be delivered as a condition of approval for larger housing projects.
which found that Melbourne was in the midst of an affordability crisis as a result of a rapidly growing population, rents increasing faster than wages, and insufficient investment in social and affordable housing for decades.
But councils and social housing advocates, who are calling for mandatory inclusionary zoning, say merely fast-tracking planning will have little impact on affordability and social housing stock. “It was good policy in 2019, and it’s even better policy in 2023,” Reece said. “With the benefit of hindsight, you may even say our call in 2019 was prescient.”The council uses a version of inclusionary zoning when approving development on its own surplus sites, resulting in the delivery of hundreds of affordable housing units across the municipality.
The council’s 2019 submission stops short of specifying a level of affordable housing that should be included in new developments statewide. But it suggested a 10 per cent requirement was “economically warranted” within the City of Melbourne area.
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