Skyline view of Melbourne and a recent article published by Guy Rundle (Images: Private Media/Adobe) Guy Rundle actually has a lot in common with YIMBYs, despite his recent article . For starters, he wants to make it easier to build dense public housing near existing infrastructure. He wants the Maribyrnong defence site redeveloped in a way that mirrors a proposal we made as part of the Abundant Housing Network Australia established in February .
He even wants new tall buildings to be built alongside their low-rise heritage counterparts — something current heritage controls will rarely permit. Off the bat that’s three key points on which we agree, which makes us wonder what all the brouhaha is about. Given we want the same thing — more affordable housing where people want to live — it seems Rundle’s disdain for the YIMBY movement (of which I am a lead organiser) is not the result of meaningful differences or practical analysis of policy tradeoffs.
No, his objections are more or less aesthetic. And when what’s on the line is access to secure and affordable housing, it appears somewhat disordered to waste column inches on criticisms that have nothing to do with building actual physical homes for actual physical people to live in. I’m picking a fight with the YIMBYs.
And suggesting a truce (of sorts) Read More To his credit, Rundle seems aware of his own absurdity, asking himself: “Why prioritise the fight against the ‘Yes In My BackYarders’, when they’re p.