Solve The Housing Crisis By Building Smaller, Darker, Higher Homes?

Housing affordability is one of the biggest pressures facing the Australian community and the Government has committed to building 1.2 million new, quote well-located homes across Australia by mid-2029. This is all but impossible, on current trends, and of course housing pressures have been exacerbated by super-high migration. The NSW Productivity and Equality Commission just released a report: Review of housing supply challenges and policy options for New South Wales. In summary, New South Wales needs to build 377,000 homes by mid-2029 under its housing targets. The Productivity and Equality Commission recommends Higher-density zones around train stations would double in […]