Are nimbys to blame for Australia’s housing crisis? – podcast | Australia news | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/apr/25/are-nimbys-to-blame-for-the-housing-crisis-full-story-podcast

Audience members interrupted one speech and asked a pro-density speaker whether they lived locally and if they were a developer.

NIMBY and YIMBY residents and politicians clashed at a public meeting over proposed rezoning in Sydney’s inner west, aiming to address the housing supply shortage. Inner West Council plans to rezone areas near Taverners Hill light rail station for 438 new dwellings. Proponents argue the proposal is modest and well-located, but opponents demand development be limited to Parramatta Road. The debate highlights ongoing tensions between community interests and housing supply needs in growing urban areas.

Source: Inner west rezoning divides community

The call, both in Australia and overseas, for well-located, affordable urban housing is growing louder, but the NIMBY resistance movement still carries a degree of clout.

Source: Housing crisis: the YIMBY movement gaining political traction

‘Get out of the way’: Rose Jackson’s social housing warning for ‘anti-development’ Sydney suburbs | New South Wales politics | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/13/rose-jackson-social-housing-warning-sydney-suburbs

https://youtu.be/F_Qx_xfIhMo