Middle-class houses in the US have grown ever larger. The average single-family home is almost twice the size of a home in the 1960s. It's time to consider the downsides of sizing up.
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Only 18% of Sydneysiders think foreign investors should be able to buy property. They simply don't accept arguments that this investment improves housing affordability by increasing supply.
The default position for politicians is to sound concerned about housing affordability, but do nothing. This can be explained by the idea of 'policy capture', in this case by industry interests.
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Program Director, Master of Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sydney
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Director, Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
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Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Engaged Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Alexandra Staub is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University
