On 27 August 2024, Council resolved to lease a council-owned car park at Victoria Street for the purpose of affordable housing.
Affordable housing helps support people on low incomes by providing high-quality housing at below the market rate – enhancing liveability in our city, the diversity of our community and the productivity of our economy.
In early 2025, we established a Project Reference Group to provide community input into Council’s decision-making in relation to the development of affordable housing on Council-owned land at 325-341 Victoria Street, West Melbourne. The next step will be to commence the selective public process to identify a community housing provider for this project.
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on this proposal. Every Melburnian deserves a safe place to call home and projects like Victoria Street will increase the supply of affordable housing in the City of Melbourne.
Council has agreed to defer further consideration of the lease of 44-60 Curzon Street, North Melbourne, for affordable housing, until the impact of delivering affordable housing at the Victoria Street site is understood.
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Community consultation
Feedback we heard on investigating Affordable Housing at Curzon and Victoria streets in 2022 and 2024.
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Timeline
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Timeline item 1 - complete
Council adopted the Affordable Housing Strategy and committed to finding a suitable site for a pilot project
Late 2020
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Timeline item 2 - complete
Council undertook a review of Council-owned land that might be suitable for an affordable housing project
2021
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Timeline item 3 - complete
Desktop planning, policy review and preliminary car parking utilisation study to assess site suitability for an affordable housing project
Early 2022
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Timeline item 4 - complete
Community Engagement to inform early investigations at Curzon Street site
4 April to 15 May 2022
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Timeline item 5 - complete
Additional site investigations for Curzon Street and Victoria Street sites
Mid 2023
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Timeline item 6 - complete
Council endorses community consultation on opportunities for Curzon Street and Victoria Street sites for affordable housing
30 April 2024
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Timeline item 7 - complete
Community consultation on proposal to lease these sites for the purpose of affordable housing
May 2024
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Timeline item 8 - complete
Council decision on whether to lease these sites for the purpose of affordable housing
Council decision to lease 325-341 Victoria Street, West Melbourne, for affordable housing and defer 44-60 Curzon Street, North Melbourne
August 2024
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Timeline item 9 - complete
Establish a Project Reference Group to develop a set of ‘community assessment principles’ for the public selection process of a community housing provider
Early 2025
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Timeline item 10 - active
Process to select Affordable Housing provider to develop and manage sites (pending Council decision)
Late 2025
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Timeline item 11 - incomplete
Planning Permit Application
To be determined in 2026
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