State Member for Northern Victoria Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell has called on the Victorian Government to make it easier for regional councils to rezone land for residential developments.
Mrs Tyrrell spoke recently in the adjournment debate in state parliament, saying job-creating regional projects that are attracting new workers into country Victoria are putting further pressure on housing availability and called on Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny to take action to expedite land rezoning practices.
“We all know of the current housing availability crisis throughout Victoria, and this is exacerbated by workers moving into regional areas to work on important projects,” she said.
“These workers need somewhere to live in order to work on important projects that are generating millions of dollars for local economies.”
She said with the housing availability in regional Victoria already reaching a critical point, it was essential that rezoning processes were made easier for local councils to open up more land for residential development and requested Ms Kilkenny take action on the issue.
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