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An approach to building homes collectively, inspired by German baugruppen, has been adopted in Australia with positive results.
We can construct buildings that reduce atmospheric CO₂ by more than their lifetime emissions. They now don’t cost much more – and a project involving 1.2 million homes would drive costs down further.
Ageing brick apartment buildings of two to three storeys are being redeveloped in many suburbs. Typically, they are knocked down to be replaced by much bigger developments. But here’s an alternative.
Targets of 50,000 new homes for rent at below-market rates and 1 million homes to improve affordability in general are positive steps, but the budget neglects the need to reform an ailing system.
The pledge to build 30,000 homes over the next five years exposes the government’s inaction, but it’s still only a fraction of the number Australians need.
Bamboo has been used since ancient times for building, but only in recent decades has pioneering work in Bali inspired its wider use for substantial and enduring structures.
Years of regulatory failure are having direct impacts on the hip pockets of the many Australians who bought defective houses or apartments. It’s turning into a multibillion-dollar disaster.
A tenfold increase in building is needed to overcome the current social housing shortfall and cover projected growth in need. But it can be done, and direct public investment is the cheapest way.
Renovations can create more waste than new constructions – but they don’t have to.
Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless following the Lombok earthquakes. Much of this suffering need not have happened if houses were constructed to better withstand shaking.
Top contributors
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Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Massey University
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Adjunct professor of architecture, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Professor, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
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Senior Lecturer City Planning, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer, Director of The Master of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
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Academic Fellow in Architectural Practice, University of Sydney
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Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Climate Program Manager, Institute of Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Senior Researcher, Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Urbanism, University of Sydney
