Tuesday, 14 October 2025


Adjournment

Housing


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Housing

 John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (18:27): (1981) My adjournment today is for the Minister for Planning in the other place. Through the Plan for Victoria, released earlier this year, the Allan Labor government has an overall target of 2.24 million new homes to meet a projected population increase to 10.3 million by 2051. In 2025 we have made significant progress on these bold yet crucial targets. As of June this year, over 52,000 homes have been approved for construction, including 10,000 new social and affordable homes through the Big Housing Build. The minister has fast-tracked the construction of over 6000 homes through the development facilitation program, which requires that at least 10 per cent of the homes approved through this pathway be affordable housing, and overall, 10,000 homes have been fast-tracked for construction. Last month Minister Shing also announced the unlocking strategic sites pathway to streamline and fast-track planning processes for underutilised and surplus land in Victoria, and a single-home code announced in August will allow the streamlining of approvals for single homes and small second dwellings on lots under 300 square metres.

In Southern Metropolitan Region plans to build over 7500 new homes close to public transport and services in Camberwell over the next few decades have recently been finalised through the Camberwell Junction Activity Centre Plan. Several areas close to train stations in Southern Metropolitan Region have also been announced as planned activity centres, including those in Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern and Prahran. My question to the minister is: how could programs such as the development facilitation program, the unlocking strategic sites initiative and the single-home code be implemented to further increase housing supply, including social and affordable housing, in the electorates of Hawthorn, Kew, Malvern and Prahran?