Melbourne for Sale

In this special edition of Melbourne for Sale , we bring you a live recording from Fair Growth Thornbury’s event, Past Lessons, Future Choices , held at Thornbury Picture House. The evening brought together MPs, election candidates, community, councillors, media, and leading voices in planning and urban design for a serious, election-year conversation about Victoria’s housing future. The panel fea...

This episode of Melbourne for Sale follows the original Volume 2 article's framing to examine what happens when housing policy focuses on dwelling totals while ignoring the kinds of homes households actually need. Nathan Wilson and Evelyn Baker unpack the mismatch between family housing demand and Melbourne’s apartment supply, the incentives pushing developers toward smaller investor-grade units,...

This episode of Melbourne for Sale walks through Volume 1 of Fair Growth Thornbury’s article series, “Only developers need apply” , in plain language. Hosts Nathan Wilson and Evelyn Baker start with a near‑future picture of Melbourne in 2051: more apartments everywhere, but infrastructure, trees and genuine affordability lagging behind. From there, they unpack how we got here and the forces curren...