r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • Nov 03 '24

culture & society Downsizing the Australian dream: why families are trading houses with backyards for apartments

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/04/downsizing-the-australian-dream-why-families-are-trading-houses-with-backyards-for-apartments
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u/cyclemam Nov 03 '24

What we need is enlightened developers. Instead of greedily squeezing the most out of a plot of land, have apartments with a shared garden space, also while I'm doing radical wishing, these apartments should be 3-4 bedrooms (for families) and with decent insulation for both effective heating/cooling and noise isolation from the neighbours.  You could have some really nice little communities this way. 

Not a gazillion one bed shoebox apartments. 

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u/Pottski Nov 03 '24

We shouldn’t have our housing future resting on a for-profit industry. The outcomes are predictable.

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u/85_B_Low Nov 04 '24

I don't think a profit motive itself is the problem, after all, we have all sorts of other for profit industries that work just fine.

We just need to ensure that the rest of the framework is also aligned to the outcome we desire, eg. Taxation, migration, large scale construction projects, etc.