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The Metro Tunnel will improve things, but on its own it won’t alleviate the housing shortage. Melbourne needs to get over its fear of housing density and start replacing some of its bungalows and low-rise units with apartment developments (think 5-6 stories, with shops at floor level), and not assuming that each resident will own a car.