Could 'medium density housing with small gardens' help solve the housing crisis? Experts think so
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Could 'medium density housing with small gardens' help solve the housing crisis? Experts think so

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Isobella Mitchell, her housemate, and Meredith Grey the cat live in an apartment above shops. Ms Witte said the latest figures, released in November, showed unaffordable rentals had "spread like an oil stain" into outer-suburban and regional areas. Ms Witte said, to fix that, Australia needed to address its "missing middle", or the gap in housing options between suburban quarter-acre blocks and city high rises. In regional centres, Ms Witte said it was not feasible to look at apartment blocks five to seven storeys in height, and suggested a "lower medium density" was better suited. "You can have medium-density housing where people still have small gardens, where it may go up just two, maybe three levels, and that fits better in the character of regional areas," she said.

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Can tiny and alternate houses help ease Australia’s rental affordability crisis?
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Can tiny and alternate houses help ease Australia’s rental affordability crisis?

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How Australia can build 'healthy, sustainable' high-density cities for its booming population
6 years, 8 months ago

How Australia can build 'healthy, sustainable' high-density cities for its booming population

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