Victoria now leads Australia on how to deliver more townhouses and duplexes — but with a little extra ambition, doubling homes in the suburbs could just as easily become tripling, quadrupling or more. 

The draft plans show promise in allowing more homes where people want to live

Community consultation models used by local governments tend to favour the time-rich (property owners and older residents) over the time-poor (renters and younger residents).

We never said that there are too many planners. We said that the sector's productivity has collapsed.

In 1986, we delivered 54 homes per planner. Now, we deliver fewer than 9 homes per planner. Red tape has created a productivity crisis that more planners can't fix.