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Sydney Councils Are Failing to Meet Housing Targets
Sydney Councils Are Failing to Meet Housing Targets
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SIGN OUR PETITION: link in bio and stories. Mosman Council’s 5 year housing target is only 500 homes, despite being one of the most expensive places in the city. Canterbury-Bankstown is 14,500, Blacktown is 24,100. Lets increase it to 5000 ho
Mosman needs to take its fair share of housing, and the current 100 homes/year target isn’t it. Instead of spending $500K launching legal action against their minuscule target, residents should donate that money to a local homelessness service
We recently wrote to Minister Anoulack Chanthivong about the failure of the NSW Building Commissioner to enforce fines for builders who don't follow through on defect rectification orders. People need to know the homes they're moving into are high q
Join our monthly drinks at the Aurora. Chat urbanism, housing and how you can get more involved in the fight. We put these on every last Wednesday of the month, and it generally pulls a crowd of 20-30 people.
Today we attended a public meeting in Marrickville against the plan for 30,000 homes. Their demands were: 1. Amount of housing in the plan be reduced. 2. More open space and infrastructure. 3. Protect nature. 4. Minimum 40% 3 bedroom dwellings. 5. M
NIMBYs are holding a public meeting to protest Inner West Council’s plan to permit 30,000 new homes. We’d like you to come along to highlight the people left out of this discussion: renters and anyone who can’t afford a $2m house.
Pleased to see @kelliesloanemp take a more positive stance on Woollahra station and push for more heights at Edgecliff than council have proposed. We agree with her that it’s time for the state government to release the modelling, because we t
Thanks to Sydney YIMBY member Dave Black for speaking at Council and getting these homes in Epping over the line! Most developments are only opposed by one or two people, so a little bit of local activism can go a long way. By being in the room wher
Here’s what we heard from you on Inner West Council’s plan to build 30,000 homes. The fight’s not done yet- this still has to come before councillors who’ll make a vote one way or the other on 19 August. Will we see you there
Momentum is building for the plan to finish Woollahra Station and build thousands of homes around it. But it's going to take public pressure to make it happen- eastern suburbs NIMBYs are experts at blocking housing and infrastructure. Show your sup
Learn how our supporters (that’s you!) helped Sydney YIMBY get 500 homes announced for a big public site on the Annandale/Camperdown border. Who’s putting their hands up to write in for the next one? 🙋

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