We should accelerate the adoption of globally successful models of housing, like build-to-rent and cohousing, through expanded incentives.

Low-impact densification, such as granny flats, should be allowed without discretionary approval. 

Planning processes must be standardised across councils, in order to increase community and stakeholder certainty, reducing housing costs for all.

The government should ensure that any developer contributions are appropriately allocated to infrastructure around the build, and that a portion of all contributions are hypothecated to increasing public housing stock.

The government should implement the Henry Report recommendations on capital gains and negative gearing. Tax deductions and benefits should incentivise new housing rather than just enrich incumbents.

Heritage assessments should consider the costs of an overlay borne by the affected residents and wider community, and the standards for significant, contributory and non-contributory buildings should be consistent across councils. 

If a building is worth protecting, it should be protected. Local and state governments should pay the additional cost borne by owners to maintain their heritage-protected homes to the standard set by those governments.

The bar for a property's inclusion in a heritage overlay should be raised, and existing overlays should be standardised and reviewed periodically to ensure they are fit for current and future residents' needs.

Ensure the provision of social and affordable housing through in-kind and tangible inclusionary zoning, with strong incentives for tangible inclusionary zoning to create better social outcomes.

The government should provide processes and incentives for lot consolidation to enable more precinct-level planning and development.

Much of Melbourne's land is restricted not only by zoning, but also various overlays. These overlays should be reviewed, simplified, and in many cases removed.

Upwards of 40% of inner-Melbourne's residential carparks are empty. To reduce housing costs, we must stop forcing the provision of unused car parks in new developments.

Planning Scheme Amendments should be solely the responsibility of the state government, rather than local councils. This will increase certainty, and enable better statewide planning.

Planning data should be made accessible, including time taken for each step in the planning process. Councils should be required to meet both housing and process efficiency targets to reduce planning system abuse.

Restrictive covenants are byzantine historical restrictions on land use, and overturning them requires an appointment with the Supreme Court. Following NSW, the government must legislate the nullification of restrictive covenants.

Melbourne's most restrictive zones should be reformed to enable soft density across the inner-city, including the broad provision of dynamic mixed-use development. 

Stamp duty is a barrier to both new housing supply and the efficient allocation of existing homes. Stamp duty on residential property should be replaced with an annual land-tax.

The government should smooth out construction industry cycles by underwriting and taking equity in select projects, increasing public housing supply alongside private development.

Third party objection processes currently occur on a per-development basis, creating uncertainty and administrative burden. These processes must be reformed to enable better development and community outcomes.

Further development and densification should be enabled around major public transport precincts.

In their current form, vacant property taxes are difficult to enforce. The government must incentivise better use of housing stock through stronger enforcement measures.

The government should capture a share of the value created through inner-city residential upzoning. A major portion of that value should be allocated to ambitious public housing builds.