Sydney residential blocks bulldozed for less luxury apartments
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore said the city risked losing its “famous egalitarianism” because of the housing affordability crisis.
Source: smh.com.au
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NSW premier open to 'pattern-book' housing across Sydney as solution for crisis | Sydney
Unlikely alliance pushes for more medium-density housing of the sort typically found in inner-city suburbs
Source: theguardian.com
Builders find opportunity in a tough market
The latest industry figures show a further decline in new home sales but some builders are tapping new markets of customers seeking smaller homes.
Source: afr.com
Week 33/23: Missing the points / Institutional invisibility / Green-papering and brown outcomes / Bookends: Homelessness / Signs off: Home v Home Loans
But no-one asked two key questions on the same day there was a National Cabinet housing summit: why do we have so many homeless (that a signal box is a home); and why is there no agency to look after the homeless (and their welfare)? Our PM, spruiking more homes for the middle classes to buy, ignores the issue and if pressed would say it’s a states’ problem, which it most likely is, but where are the states?
Source: architectureanddesign.com.au
Chief of NSW's largest council wants developer tax to build swimming pools and libraries | New South Wales
Blacktown’s Kerry Robinson warns rates would need to rise by 40% to pay for community facilities for more than 250,000 expected new residents
Source: theguardian.com