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Getting you into a new, more affordable and quality-built home sooner
Location, location, location
We’re planning more homes in the communities you want to live in, close to trams, trains and services.
More affordable homes
We’re making it easier and quicker to own a home by making them more affordable. Whether building or buying, there’s a reform to support you.
Building quality homes
We’re changing Victoria’s housing system to focus on people, hold builders accountable, and make sure homes are built to last.
Support for first home buyers
We’re helping you open the door to your first home with a $10,000 First Home Owner Grant and abolishing stamp duty for first home buyers purchasing for $600,000 or less.
Cutting costs of buying off-the-plan
We’ve slashed stamp duty on off-the-plan apartments and townhouses to reduce upfront costs, speed-up building, and make it more affordable to buy off-the-plan.
Location, location, location: key reforms
Making the most of activity centres
We’re encouraging more new homes to be built close to trains, trams and services.
Simplifying subdivisions
We’re making it easier to add a second home, build two new homes, or subdivide a block.
More homes for regional living
We’re building great regional communities with great infrastructure, services and green space.
Greenfield plan for family homes
Our 10-year plan to build new suburbs and homes with backyards.
Selling surplus government land
We’re rezoning and rebuilding on land government no longer needs.
Planning for parks and green space
We’re transforming under-used land into green spaces for everyone to enjoy.
More affordable homes: key reforms
Automatic approvals for townhouses
Fast approvals for plans that meet updated design standards for good development.
Speeding-up planning permits
We’re updating policies, zones and overlays to help councils make better, faster planning decisions.
Making it easier to build a granny flat
Planning permits are no longer required to build a small second home on your block.
Smarter housing design on smaller lots
You can now build lots more on lots less than 100 square metres without a permit.
Quicker greenfield utility connections
We’re connecting you to utilities quickly so you can open the door to your new home.
Building quality homes: key reforms
Building reliable, well designed homes
Clear new standards to ensure comfortable, sustainable, fit-for-purpose homes.
New bond system for apartment builders
Funds will be held in a developer bond for rectification works as needed for 2 years after completion.
Better domestic building insurance
Ensuring access to ‘first resort’ insurance for earlier claims when building issues are first found.
A manual for every new apartment
A lifetime record with details of your apartment’s construction, renovations and maintenance.
Housing Statement
Finding an affordable home is becoming harder than ever before. That’s why this Housing Statement puts forward an ambitious plan to tackle the root of the problem: housing supply.
Monitoring our progress
We’re checking that changes are improving the spaces and places where you live, and that combinations of actions are achieving their intended outcomes.
Plan for Victoria
Our long term plan addresses the needs of our diverse and growing population, while safeguarding what we love about where we live, work, play and raise our families.
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