Premier plans to make Victoria the ‘townhouse capital’ of Australia in bid to help millennials own homes

Government to consider allowing property owners to subdivide or build two homes on one plot without a permit

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Victorians could be able to build two homes on a lot without a permit under a planning reform that Jacinta Allan says will make her state the “townhouse capital” of the nation.

Speaking at a Melbourne Press Club event on Thursday, the premier announced the government will launch a review into how the state’s planning and building systems can be streamlined to encourage more Victorians to add a second home, build two new homes or subdivide a block into two lots.