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Callum Godde

State to crack whip on councils over housing targets

Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny and Premier Jacinta Allan unveil Victoria's housing targets. (Callum Godde/AAP PHOTOS)

Local councils will be stripped of planning powers unless they follow an ambitious plan to build 2.24 million new homes by 2051.

With Australia in the grips of a housing crisis, the Victorian government has unveiled its final housing targets for all 79 local government areas across the state.

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