Missing Middle
Housing Targets
Missing Middle Housing Targets
Planning for a better Melbourne
Housing targets in context
Annual housing targets
Housing targets that work
Why Melbourne needs targets
Calculating targets
Updating targets
Enforcing targets
Carrots
Sticks
Failing targets
Due to low demand
Due to sector-wide challenges
Due to existing development controls and overlays
Methodology
Calculating housing targets
Upzoning for all
How zoning will change
A new Missing Middle Zone
Upzoning Melbourne-wide
Creating excess zoned capacity
Enabling new housing development
Fighting against landbanking
Zoned capacity increase
Housing targets 2024-25
Banyule
More homes in Banyule
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Bayside
More homes in Bayside
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Boroondara
More homes in Boroondara
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Brimbank
More homes in Brimbank
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Darebin
More homes in Darebin
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Glen Eira
More homes in Glen Eira
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Hobsons Bay
More homes in Hobsons Bay
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Kingston
More homes in Kingston
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Manningham
More homes in Manningham
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Maribyrnong
More homes in Maribyrnong
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Maroondah
More homes in Maroondah
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Melbourne
More homes in Melbourne
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Merri-bek
More homes in Merri-bek
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Monash
More homes in Monash
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Moonee Valley
More homes in Moonee Valley
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Port Phillip
More homes in Port Phillip
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Stonnington
More homes in Stonnington
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Whitehorse
More homes in Whitehorse
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
Yarra
More homes in Yarra
Housing targets
Planning barriers
Heritage should not be a barrier to housing abundance
"In this world, you only get what you grab for."
— Giovanni Boccaccio,
The Decameron
Missing Middle Housing Targets – YIMBY Melbourne
Yarra
Housing target:
1,500 homes/year
Total housing capacity:
290,700
Land to build new housing:
303 MCGs