Premier plans to make Victoria the ‘townhouse capital’ of Australia in bid to help millennials own homes
by Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6RPWT)
Government to consider allowing property owners to subdivide or build two homes on one plot without a permit
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Victorians could be able to build two homes on a lot without a permit under a planning reform that Jacinta Allan says will make her state the townhouse capital" of the nation.
Speaking at a Melbourne Press Club event on Thursday, the premier announced the government will launch a review into how the state's planning and building systems can be streamlined to encourage more Victorians to add a second home, build two new homes or subdivide a block into two lots.
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