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Planning academics and the Victorian Liberal party don't seem to understand the basic mechanics of housing affordability. Emma Camp explains.

House prices have risen relative to unit prices. Because land is increasingly expensive.

I buy into the 'character = trees' hypothesis. Look at this street in Coburg, one half is just garage doors and fence but it looks and feels great to walk down because of all the greenry.

It's weird how many urban planning disputes are just different flavours of maintaining local monopolies.

NSW Govt is seeking community input on changes to its heritage strategy. nsw.gov.au/have-your-say/…

The ACT government is proposing to legalise medium-density housing (townhouses, duplexes, and low-rise apartments) across Canberra. Well done Greater Canberra ! greatercanberra.org/blog/media-rel…

Tony Barry: “In focus groups, housing is the number 1 issue… We asked: ‘Who has the better policy on housing? Albanese, Dutton or neither?’ Neither was the highest number by far” There is lots of room for policy differentiation/clarification. youtu.be/okiuDssxS4Y?t=… (at 36:00)

Policymakers want to solve the NIMBY problem—but they’re working with the wrong diagnosis. Understand the cause, and you unlock the fix.

The new Housing Supply Council Report is generating dumb headlines. It finds that supply will fall a further 79,000 short of demand, UNLESS POLICY CHANGES. But given that policy clearly is changing (Ch 5.2.3), who cares? nhsac.gov.au/reports-and-su… 1/3

Homeowners actually love density. That's why they live in suburbs near cities––they love the dynamism that cities provide. What they don't want is density right next to them. This is similar to "people want a functioning government but don't want to pay taxes".

Excited to announce I'm an Emergent Ventures recipient via tylercowen, Marginal Revolution, & Mercatus Center. I'll be working on expanding the capacity of the Australian movement for progress and abundance. Much more to announce come July—stay tuned!

YIMBYs winning. Congratulations Greater Brisbane 🏗️ !