It was designed to break NSW’s housing gridlock but, several months in, the rollout of the state’s Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy (LMR) is exposing how deep the cracks run.

The sweeping reform aims to cut through local red tape and unlock more homes near transport and jobs. 

It allows dual occupancies, terraces, manor houses and apartment buildings up to six storeys within 800m of town centres—a large shift for suburbs long dominated by single-home zoning.