Last month, we celebrated a year since our launch. And what a year it’s been! The conversation has changed and our movement for housing abundance gains momentum- with a few big wins along the way. We’d like to invite all our members to join an online briefing at 8pm on Thursday 15 August to look back at the year that was and share our plans for the rest of this year. It will also be an opportunity to ask questions of the Committee. Note you'll need to be a member to sign up, you can become one here: https://membership.sydney.yimby.au/member/memberships

Come ride the metro with Sydney YIMBY! Celebrate the opening of this transformative piece of infrastructure and get your gunzel on with fellow YIMBYs. We'll meet at Chatswood Station, and ride all the way to Sydenham (in just 20 minutes)! After our train ride, we'll wander over to the Marrickville Bowlo near Sydenham station for drinks and YIMBY discussion.   If you'd prefer to skip the train ride and just catch up with members and friends afterwards, that's great too.   Date: Sunday 4th August 2024 Event Details: 2-2:15pm: Meet at Chatswood Station (in the main concourse, near McDonalds).  ~2:30pm: Get on the metro at Chatswood ~2:35pm: Get off at Crows Nest and check out the station and TOD plans ~2:50pm: Get off at Barangaroo and check out the station and TOD plans ~3:15pm: Arrive at Sydenham and walk to the venue 3:25pm-onwards: Drinks and discussion at Marrickville Bowlo (91 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville)

Detached houses make up more than 80% of residential land in middle ring suburbs; this is completely unsustainable. Architects Angelo Korsanos and Peter McGregor will share their strategies for inserting new multi-dwelling housing along select streets, providing micro-transformations within suburbs. Through this we can leverage existing amenity to create places of urbanity while retaining the essence of suburban character. To celebrate the launch of our Urbanism Talks series we'll also be selling our new T-shirts. Order below to avoid disappointment! (N.B. we recommend sizing up by one size)

Join us at a Public Meeting to voice your support for the State Government's plans to: Rezone large parts of the Inner West for medium density and mid-rise development near public transport hubs Amend local council planning controls to ensure the Inner West does its fair share to provide new housing 

Join us for an explanation of the state government's new Low and Mid-rise Housing Code as we all write submissions together. Video conference link will be sent via email.

Please join us for a celebration of our achievements and a drink. Make sure you register below so we can make sure we have enough tables for everyone.

The Inner West is proposing to heritage list four houses on Macarthur Pde, Dulwich Hill that cover 4000sqm. During the consultation period 63% of the community said no to this listing, but council staff want to proceed with it anyway. Under the government's new upzoning policy these could instead be converted into 20 or more townhouses, because they are on R2 land near the station. We need to have as many people at the council meeting as possible to show them that the community cares more about housing affordability than preserving $3m bungalows. Please do not register to speak directly with council yet, as we want to give opportunity for residents of those houses to do so first.

Council is consulting on a plan to rezone a few streets near the Inner West Light Rail for low-rise apartments. This has been met with some pretty intense and insensible local NIMBY opposition. We’ll be going along to show our support for sensible upzoning near high-quality amenities. You can read the latest here - https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/it-s-not-nimbyism-phantom-light-rail-station-site-of-latest-housing-war-20231016-p5ecmw.html

We’re asking Sydney YIMBY members to write to Georges River Councillors and attend the Council meeting on Monday 23 October to support Option 1A of the Mortdale Local Centre Masterplan. For more information, check out our blog and submission guide: https://www.sydney.yimby.au/blog/mortdale-master-plan If you want to speak at the meeting, you need to register at Council's website here: https://www.georgesriver.nsw.gov.au/Council/Online-Forms/Request-to-speak-at-Council-Meetings

Note: Start time has been delayed an hour. Arrive at 4:15 (previously we said 3:15) On Sunday October 15 Sydney YIMBY we will have an activist training session. Location: Chatswood Bowling Club, Hammond Lane, Chatswood. Arrive at 4:15 for 4:30 From 4:30 to 5:30 we'll have a discussion of how the planning system works and how to engage with it to promote more housing. Followed by drinks. Admission is free and open to all (but please register a ticket so we have an idea of numbers)  Directions:  Chatswood Bowling Club is 300m south of Chatswood station via walkway on the Western side of the train line.  If driving, turn into Gordon Avenue from Pacific Highway going south, then left again into Hammond Lane into the Club. The club has space for 30 cars.

We'll be kicking things off at 2pm with a casual forum where you can share your ideas on what Sydney YIMBY should focus on and how we can change policy to achieve housing abundance. Then we'll head out onto the green at 3pm for a game of lawn bowls. Cost to play is $15pp to be paid on the day direct to the club. We can’t wait to meet you and hear your ideas! NOTE THIS EVENT IS ONLY OPEN TO MEMBERS OF SYDNEY YIMBY, YOU CAN REGISTER HERE TO GET ACCESS. IF YOU ARE ALREADY A MEMBER YOU CAN SIGN IN WITH THE SAME EMAIL YOU SIGNED UP WITH.