Ensuring all Melburnians have access to affordable housing.

Affordable housing is vital to protect the liveability of our city. It supports the diversity of our community and the productivity of our economy.

We have a shortfall of at least 6000 affordable rental homes in the City of Melbourne. If we do nothing, this will quadruple to more than 23,000 by 2036.

There is no silver bullet that will solve the affordable housing crisis and we cannot do it alone. To be effective in increasing the supply of well-designed affordable rental housing, we need to work in partnership with our community, state and federal governments, community housing providers, developers, investors, and researchers.

The Affordable Housing Strategy 2030 identified several priorities to address Melbourne’s affordable housing crisis including partnering with governments, industry, peak bodies, and community to increase affordable rental housing.

Learn more about the Affordable Housing Strategy 2030.

The sites

  • 44-60 Curzon Street, North Melbourne
  • 325-341 Victoria Street, West Melbourne
The Curzon Street and Victoria Street locations.
The Victoria Street, West Melbourne carpark.
The Curzon Street, North Melbourne carpark.

Council has identified both sites as potential locations for affordable housing. These sites are currently used as car parks.

Car Parking

A car parking report from 2021 assessed the impact of removing the 78 car parks across the two sites and found that even at the busiest times, there is likely to be around 4,200 unoccupied parking spaces available in the broader North Melbourne West Melbourne area.