Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie writes to two developers instructing them to remove affordable housing components from their project applications. According to reports across three outlets, the correspondence asks the developers to replace the cheaper housing elements with standard market-rate housing. The articles describe Bleijie’s direction as a request to change project components before approval or further consideration of the applications, rather than leaving the affordable housing provisions intact.
The reporting is consistent on the key points: Bleijie is identified as the author of the letters, the target is two developers, and the substance of the request is to remove affordable housing and substitute market-rate housing. The coverage does not cite differing details about the developers, the specific projects, or the reasons given in the letters within the provided summaries. Overall, the accounts present the same core development: a political directive aimed at altering the housing mix proposed in applications submitted by developers.
