I noted yesterday the marvel of central planning housing in action.
How it appeared to be deeply corrupt, out of touch with local needs, not to mention hopelessly short of the supply needed.
Today the entire enterprise in Sydney turns from boondoggle to farce in one “No, minister” moment. SMH.
Large parts of Sydney’s inner west earmarked for development under the government’s controversial “missing middle” housing reforms will be excluded because they fall under Sydney Airport’s flight path, casting serious doubt over the state’s ability to meet its target.
The “low-and-mid-rise” reforms announced last week aim to add 112,000 new dwellings by July 2029, but inner west town centres and stations included in the initial policy – Annandale, Leichhardt, Petersham and Stanmore – will be exempt, along with parts of Kingsford and Rockdale.
The policy was the central pillar of the Minns government’s efforts under the National Housing Accord to build 378,000 homes by July 2029. The “missing middle” reforms will increase density within 800 metres of 171 sites near train stations and town centres, allowing buildings up to six storeys within a five-minute walk of these sites.
Given the “infill” is little more than an attempt to ghettoise inner Sydney, I really don’t see the problem.
It’s OK to slaughter living standards with cratered wages, skyrocketed energy prices, demolished green space and heat islands, gridlock, smog, and crushloaded public service everything, but it’s not OK to have a bit of noise overhead?
All great Asian city shitholes have cacophonic noise pollution.
It’s all part of the “plan”.
