Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 29/09/2026It's a mystery how we got a housing shortage... 1155
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 29/09/2026Or as it's described here, "affordable" housing. Politicians love spruiking it as a solution to housing affordability, but it is anything but. What is needed is more housing across the board inflectionpoints.work/a/against-af...inflectionpoints.workAgainst ‘Affordable’ Housing | Inflection PointsIt’s not the same as social housing, and it doesn’t help those most in need. Australia is spending big on ‘affordable’ housing—but we shouldn’t. 0103
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 28/09/2026If you ever wonder why housing construction costs have become so out of control in Sydney. One case in Parramatta where before approval is received for a duplex you're commissioning 30 different expert reports. 160
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 27/09/2026We would currently have a lot more art deco flats in Woollahra Council if not for 100 years of tradition of upholding bans explicitly initiated to keep the poors out. The street in Rose Bay mentioned at the end recently got declared a mid-rise zone by Minns under the LMR. 🎉 1144
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 27/09/2026This is a shopping list of Australian housing myths, including my favourite, ‘there used to be housing commissions’. Yes, and the absence of public housing is a real factor in crisis. But the Cwth and State housing commissions built a tiny fraction of our cities, the vast majority was private built 62817
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 27/09/2026She’s talking about plans to build new apartments in the richest area in the country. Good on the Guardian giving a voice to the poor downtrodden residents of ... checks notes ... Woollahra. 3338
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 25/09/2026Woollahra Council are holding a meeting next Wednesday about the state rezoning plan. We need you to register to speak. Details are in this email: mailchi.mp/yimby.au/we-... 054
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 25/09/2026Mid-rise apartments in Drummoyne are now approved in Land & Environment Court. Interesting part of the Judgment: if the state has said your street is mid-rise under the LMR, that’s now the desired future character. Council whingers in a shambles. 193
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYPeter Tulip @petertulip.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Do NIMBYs have good faith objections to density that could be accommodated? Works in Progress has published several suggestions for minimising opposition. But @resnikoff.bsky.social argues that NIMBYs are unreasonable; so compromise won’t work. 1/2 241
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 23/09/2026Guy who has never been to New York City or the San Francisco Bay Area: rich people would NEVER move into modest homes built for the middle class. 1136131
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 21/09/2026The absolute audacity of Woollahra council putting #housingcrisis on their facebook post trying to prevent rezoning in their LGA! A signal that they're actually fighting on the side of the housing crisis? 0122
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 21/09/2026Heritage listing entire suburbs, especially right next to the CBD is incompatible with the aim of housing affordability. The Woollahra plan is a start, but there's plenty of other areas where old buildings are prioritised over people who need housing. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...smh.com.auHousing and heritage ‘can coexist’ as images reveal how towers would change WoollahraHeritage items would be “generally” kept, and not directly demolished, to build 9400 homes – but there are two bigger risks in sight. 0115
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 19/09/2026Absolutely loving this row of 4 terraces from the NSW pattern book in Cronulla shared by one of our members. What was a single house can soon be home to 4 households! And since it's pattern book, they're basically plug and play. 4227
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 18/09/2026Rozelle residents raising the dark possibility that surface car parks or storage facilities might be replace with… 👻 homes for people 👻 0143
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 15/09/2026Lavender Bay development opponents claim this apartment building is “out of character” for its position in the North Sydney CBD. Despite being surrounded by other tall buildings. What do you think? Link to make a submission in favour below ⤵️ 170
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 12/09/2026Unless the building is of truly extraordinary merit and/or the building itself is closely tied to important historic events, I am a strong believer in the “lay a plaque and keep it moving” method of marking historical places. 71056
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 12/09/2026“Landmarking just preserves pretty things. And it’s not like preserving the buildings keeps neighborhoods as they were. If that were the case the West Village would be full of artists and folk singers.” - @profschleich.bsky.social 3858
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYSydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 10/09/2026While some in the eastern suburbs scream bloody murder over 9800 homes in Woollahra, there’s 13,000 homes on exhibition in Westmead South and barely a peep. Rich areas think they should be able to opt out, we think everywhere should help out Submission guide for Westmead below 2235
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 10/09/2026While some in the eastern suburbs scream bloody murder over 9800 homes in Woollahra, there’s 13,000 homes on exhibition in Westmead South and barely a peep. Rich areas think they should be able to opt out, we think everywhere should help out Submission guide for Westmead below 2235
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYSydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 09/09/2026New report from the Aus Public Policy Institute finds that Heritage Conservation Areas constrain housing supply and says there needs to be more accountability for their impacts. We strongly agree! Full report linked below 164
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 09/09/2026New report from the Aus Public Policy Institute finds that Heritage Conservation Areas constrain housing supply and says there needs to be more accountability for their impacts. We strongly agree! Full report linked below 164
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 09/09/2026How delightful. An independent councillor in Randwick describes building more housing for people who need it as "cancer" 292
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYJeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026On the site of their waterfront ancestral village, the Squamish Nation's - Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw - new residential development Sen̓áḵw is beautiful. Through it, they're also leading on their own story senakw.com 2455
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 08/09/2026It's pretty hard not to be impressed with the NSW Government’s plan for Woollahra station. High density around both Woollahra and Edgecliff stations, new local centre leading down to Woollahra station, and a high quality public domain plan. 1223
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Massive over station development 💪 43 storey apartment tower 29 storey office tower 24 storey student accom 8 storey hotel All atop a brand new metro station. 1183
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Any given specific NIMBY argument—about infrastructure capacity, or home values, or aesthetics—is nearly always just a shell game masking generalized opposition to anything changing, and which is why it's a waste of time to engage with NIMBYs on details. 729243
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYxkcd Bot @xkcd-bot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Trade xkcd.com/3290 (alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead) Explain xkcd: www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/… 0118
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 27/08/2026People want to live in cities, because that's where the economic opportunities are. But our wealthy inner city councils are making life a lot harder than it should be. This is why Sydney YIMBY continues to advocate for more housing where people actually want to live www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... 291
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 27/08/2026There are 2 positions on housing. YIMBYs believe we should build enough housing for everyone. NIMBYs believe we should only build housing for people who *really deserve it* and that they should get to pick and choose who gets to live in their neighborhood. 10588103
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 25/08/2026This is exactly why Sydney YIMBY has been pointing to Auckland as an example for years now. The supply denialists are wrong. The evidence is clear, permitting more housing results in more housing. It's not the only thing we should do, but it might be the most important thing we can do! 1124
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 24/08/2026“Stop the Towers, protect your home’s value” spotted in North Sydney. Seems these folks didn’t get the memo that they’re supposed to care about whether their kids can afford a home. Write a submission in favour here: www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projec... 2125
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 13/08/2026Another YIMBY win! Feasibility has to be a consideration when planning out where much needed housing can and should be built 052
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 12/08/2026YIMBY win! 179 social housing units (developed by Homes NSW) has been approved for Beauchamp Rd in Hillsdale. That's an extra 140 much-needed social dwellings in the pipeline. 0193
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 07/08/2026We’re here at the Housing Now today launching our policy platform for the state election. This is a coalition we’re a part of alongside unions, business groups, unis, etc advocating for getting more homes built quickly. 141
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYMatthew Bowes @mbowes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Better economic insights make for better housing policy. This was a big part of the case for land use planning reform we made in our recent housing research at Grattan. That’s why it was great to see NSW commit this week to feasible capacity targets for local council plans. 🧵 162
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 29/07/2026YIMBY WIN: Today Minns has announced that they’re going to get councils to prepare plans with 30 years of *feasible* capacity to address the housing crisis. This comes after the NSW Prod Comm report showing feasible capacity has doubled under current govt, but needs to be 4Xed. 1101
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 26/07/2026Everybody wants house prices down. The only way we can get there is by building more homes. 084
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 03/06/2026Victoria’s planning reforms are working. There's been nearly a 50% increase in Townhouse permits since last year. Turns out it's not complicated: make building easier, and the homes follow. 0237
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 24/05/2026Did you know 40% of apartment parking spots spend the night empty? Come along to our talk on Grattan’s latest report advocating removing parking minimums, this Wednesday 6pm in thr city: membership.sydney.yimby.au/public/sched...membership.sydney.yimby.au📅 Wasted Space: Axe Car Parking Rules to Ease the Housing Crisis - 27-05-2026🗓️ 27-05-2026 18:00 – 21:00 📍 Henley's Bar & Kitchen 081
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 21/05/2026Fantastic news. Housing forms that have already been consulted on in detail when the area gets upzoned should not be subject to a further drawn out process by the local vetocracy whose only goal is delay. Endless consultation processes only get in the way of housing we desperately need. 0173
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 20/05/2026Grattan Institute’s new report shows that letting Australian homebuyers choose the car-parking they need will: → make housing cheaper, → get more homes built faster, and → create more walkable cities. 1167
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 25/04/2026We probably shouldn't have spent the last 30+ years preventing any apartments from being built in the most desirable parts of Sydney 0203
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 25/04/2026Two years ago we were photographed by the AFR in front of these really pedestrian homes in a heritage conservation area in Roseville. They subsequently got upzoned in Ku-ring-gai’s masterplan… and now there’s a DA for 130 homes at 9 storeys on this site. 0194
Sydney YIMBY @sydney.yimby.au · 24/04/2026Please never let Mosman Council stop finding new ways to argue against housing 2141
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 19/04/2026Rents fell in Austin when they built more homes. Good things are possible when you do planning reform 🏗️ 0175
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYSupaluminal @supaluminal.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Perhaps instead of claiming that student housing is crowding out apartments, Randwick council might consider zoning additional capacity in Kensington and Kingsford? They have the ability to do that www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.au'Perverse': Sydney council wants to ban commercial student housingFor every 10 student rooms being built, there is only one residential property in an area of Sydney's east. The mayor says the housing market has been "monopolised". 2102
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 23/03/2026Parliamentary inquiry into community consultation practices finds that local government ‘opt-in’ consultation is biased against renters and the young → 1104
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 19/03/2026A massive victory in the war against upper-level setbacks! The Mid-Rise Code offers greater housing certainty for Melburnians. It also winds back one of the most damaging and poorly evidenced planning controls: upper-level setbacks. 3157
Reposted by Sydney YIMBYBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/03/2026WATCH/LISTEN: This is an EXCEPTIONALLY good break-down (and highly entertaining conversation) of the history and insanity of the attacks on the “15-Minute City,” aka the simple idea of HAVING MORE THINGS NEARBY. By @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social.youtu.be15-Minute Cities – How Urban Design Entered the Culture War | Origin StoryYouTube video by Origin Story 510636
