Melbourne is in the middle of a housing revolution – have the yimbys already won?

Victorian premier Jacinta Allan. In December the government signed off on the biggest overhaul of the state’s Planning Act in decades, slashing approval times and limiting appeal rights. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

In just two years, Victoria has rolled out so many reforms aimed at getting millennials into their own homes that even those advocating for them are stunned.

“We’ve seen, in many respects, a planning policy revolution in Victoria,” says Brendan Coates, the director of the Grattan Institute’s housing and economic security program.