{"id":454,"date":"2025-12-17T07:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/?p=454"},"modified":"2025-12-17T07:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:25:51","slug":"over-a-thousand-new-homes-are-coming-to-fitzroy-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ken4fitzroynorth.net.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/over-a-thousand-new-homes-are-coming-to-fitzroy-north\/","title":{"rendered":"Over A Thousand New Homes Are Coming To Fitzroy North"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Council voted to support the development at the Gasworks site in Fitzroy North at the corner of Alexandra Parade and Smith Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>This is a State Government managed project that will bring in 1200 new apartments to complement the new senior school (Wurun) and the multi-level indoor sports and recreation facilities (Bundha).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most importantly 20% of the new apartments are for affordable and social housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this is due to a decade of advocacy and pressure from local residents on the State Government and is the legacy of Richard Wynne, our former local member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can call us locals many names but NIMBY is not one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Ken Gomez<\/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\/12\/Gasworks-1080WebShareName.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council voted to support the development at the Gasworks site in Fitzroy North at the corner of Alexandra Parade and Smith Street. 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