{"id":391,"date":"2025-09-08T13:26:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/?p=391"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T03:26:15","slug":"housing-growth-in-fitzroy-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/housing-growth-in-fitzroy-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Growth in Fitzroy North"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An update on housing growth in Fitzroy North and Nicholls Ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>We have lots of new apartments being planned and built as part of the Yarra Council strategy that encourages building on appropriate sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are over 1500 that I know of with the majority in the Gasworks site where the Wurun Senior School and Bundha Sports Complex are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yarra Council&#8217;s strategy is simple in theory but hard in practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Identify sites that can take new housing and support a growing population &#8230; but wihout destroying the heritage fabric of the area that makes our Fitzroy North community what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Ken Gomez<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Nicholls-Housing-Strategy-1080WebShareName.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An update on housing growth in Fitzroy North and Nicholls Ward. 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