These Melburnians dreamt of a ‘communal approach’ to housing. The local council had other ideas

Victoria’s planning tribunal said the Eltham development ‘should have been supported’ as an ‘innovative approach’ to the housing crisisGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen a group of Melburnians banded together with a plan to build their dream homes, they did not envision the barriers they would face from local council.The proposed development of 21 townhouses overlooking a creek in Eltham, on Melbourne’s fringe, promis