🔎 This Week at a Glance
Australia’s housing crisis deepens while policy spin distracts. Travaux cuts through the noise to ask: who is housing policy really working for?
🏘 Fantasy headlines, real housing failures
“Liveability” awards don’t mean affordability.
🧱 Melbourne’s building boom rolls on
But who is it actually serving?
🗂 Planning system = a paperwork maze
Still no clarity on DPOs or middle housing pathways.
💰 Housing PR > Housing strategy
Flashy towers, not liveable solutions.
🧊 Affordability freeze
Single buyers locked out, renters gaslit with balcony dreams.
🗳 Policy spin, not structural reform
Migration up, housing down, and no joined-up thinking.
🔗 Read the full Permit Pending issue for deeper breakdowns, sharper takes and what we’re watching in Kingston and Bayside this week.
