Tag: Housing
Density done well key to stemming Sydney’s exodus of the young
The New South Wales Productivity Commission has thrown its weight behind affordable, higher density housing in inner-Sydney suburbs, after it identified a mass exodus of younger residents due to high housing costs.
Walkable, green neighbourhood for Sydney’s Rouse Hill
Cox Architecture has amended its proposal for its $1.3 billion residential and commercial development at Rouse Hill, Sydney.
Renewing the Compact City: Scenarios for fair and sustainable redevelopment of strata schemes
As appropriate sites for brownfield development begin to dry up, attention is turning toward the replacement or renewal of older apartment blocks.
Let’s be frank about diversity and renewal
Renewing public housing estates to achieve a balanced ‘social mix’ has come to be seen by governments, planners and state development corporations as a remedy for underfunded public housing estates. But is estate renewal really the panacea it’s so often claimed to be?
German cooperative housing model takes root in WA
Two projects in Western Australia could see the German Baugruppen model of cooperative housing introduced in the state.
Planning can improve housing affordability, PIA says
The Planning Institute of Australia has advocated for the role of planning in improving housing affordability across the nation.