The Victorian Government is also creating more opportunity by unlocking surplus government-owned sites. The government will deliver new land for more homes by:
- unlocking additional surplus government land near trains for more homes, in Oakleigh and Footscray. The VicTrack land will be released to market, with an Expression of Interest (EOI) process to explore commercial partnerships that boost the number of homes on these surplus land sites
- progressing more housing projects in Alphington, Coburg, Malvern and Preston
- offering a second round of the Small Sites program, with the release of a further ten surplus sites for more homes across the state
- kickstarting work on a Request for Proposal process for the mega home project in Arden, where 20,000 people will live 2km from the CBD on the doorstep of the Metro Tunnel.
Through unlocking and rezoning surplus government land, the government will deliver around 9,000 homes across 45 sites in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
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