Higher-density housing is set to change the face of Warrnambool with new planning laws to fast-track developments but it comes at a cost - less say for residents.

A plan to build 88 dwellings for up to 300 Midfield Meat workers in Merrivale is one of five south-west housing projects to be given a cash injection from the state government.

A "unique" $10 million project which aims to fill a gap in Warrnambool's housing market is still sitting on the Victorian Planning Minister's desk.

A council in south-west Victoria is putting up its own land to house workers and people struggling to find affordable rental homes in a sign of the state’s worsening housing crisis. Warrnambool City ...