Affluent suburbs targeted in Victorian government move to seize planning controls to build more homes
by Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6VJ6J)
South Yarra and Windsor among 25 new activity centres' identified by Labor for higher-density housing
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The Victorian government has announced affluent suburbs such as Prahran, South Yarra and Windsor are among the final 25 areas where it will seize planning controls in an effort to increase housing density.
Two local government areas - Melbourne and Yarra - have also been named city-wide activity centres" to allow for the rezoning of under-utilised areas.
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