Research and advocacy for housing abundance.
YIMBY Melbourne produces rigorous research that creates lasting policy change. Our local advocacy has helped get thousands of homes built, and our state-level policy work has helped unlock more than a million more.
Since 2023, according to Grattan Institute analysis
Generating real, actionable policy change across Victoria
Across major Australian outlets, reaching millions of voters
Birthright + Filmmaker & cast Q&A
Join us for a special preview screening of the hilarious dark comedy Birthright followed by a Q&A with writer/director Zoe Pepper, actors Travis Jeffery and Maria Angelico. Our own Jonathan O’Brien will host a lively discussion about a generation's struggles and frustration with being locked out of the cities where we grew up.
Opposition housing plan a reversion to the 30 year status quo
Whilst YIMBY Melbourne applauds the Coalition’s more positive housing vision, their plans leave too much to be desired.
Inquiry into Productivity in Australia
Our position is clear: the Abundant Housing Network Australia wholesale opposes the creation of a National Settlement Strategy. Such a strategy is flawed from first principles, and its proponents lack both evidence of its alleged benefits and viable methods for its implementation.
Cutting the controversy from the density debate
The changing role of planning
Concern over plan for six-storey community housing in Prahran, with just five car parks
“Legacy planning shibboleths are being upended almost daily in Victoria and NSW as state governments override commonly held beliefs, and the vocal objections of local residents, to permit more housing. The YIMBY movements in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Canberra are a big part of that story.”
— Brendan Coates, Program Director, Grattan Institute
YIMBY Melbourne produces evidence-based research that drives housing and land use policy reform.
Since our founding in 2023, we've grown from grassroots advocacy into a research institution with significant impact on policy and discourse.
In September of that year, our first report, Melbourne's Missing Middle, proposed enabling six-storey, mixed-use development near transit — creating 1,992 high-amenity, walkable neighbourhoods.
Since then, land use and housing policy has progressed rapidly across Victoria. And we've continued to release major reports, appear at parliamentary inquiries, and operate at the cutting edge of Australian housing research. Our research and advocacy is cited regularly by MPs, journalists, and leading policy thinkers.
Key staff
YIMBY Melbourne is funded by members and donors, with major support from Coefficient Giving. We take no money from developers or the housing industry.