Smaller Living: The need to offer better housing options in Australian cities
Author(s)
Perolini, Petra
Sitchenko, Marleen
Kisluk, Antoinette
Toffanello, Morena
Parry, Genevieve
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2018
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The housing situation in Australia is uniquely unsustainable.
Historically, government imperatives and the impulse of resource markets strongly influenced settlement patterns in Australia. This has contributed to challenges of rapid population growth, urban sprawl, housing shortages, urban decay, increasing social segregation and the geographical, climatic, political and economic displacement of the disadvantaged.1
Despite Australians’ international reputation for living comfortably and well in cities that are regularly judged as the “most liveable” by a range of international surveys, 2 Australia is in the midst of a ...
View more >The housing situation in Australia is uniquely unsustainable. Historically, government imperatives and the impulse of resource markets strongly influenced settlement patterns in Australia. This has contributed to challenges of rapid population growth, urban sprawl, housing shortages, urban decay, increasing social segregation and the geographical, climatic, political and economic displacement of the disadvantaged.1 Despite Australians’ international reputation for living comfortably and well in cities that are regularly judged as the “most liveable” by a range of international surveys, 2 Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis.3 • Housing affordability is at its all-time low, • Mortgage debt is amongst the highest in the world and • Around 60 per cent of lower-income rental households are currently experiencing rental stress.
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View more >The housing situation in Australia is uniquely unsustainable. Historically, government imperatives and the impulse of resource markets strongly influenced settlement patterns in Australia. This has contributed to challenges of rapid population growth, urban sprawl, housing shortages, urban decay, increasing social segregation and the geographical, climatic, political and economic displacement of the disadvantaged.1 Despite Australians’ international reputation for living comfortably and well in cities that are regularly judged as the “most liveable” by a range of international surveys, 2 Australia is in the midst of a housing crisis.3 • Housing affordability is at its all-time low, • Mortgage debt is amongst the highest in the world and • Around 60 per cent of lower-income rental households are currently experiencing rental stress.
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Book Title
Global dimensions in housing: Approaches in design and theory from Europe to the Pacific Rim
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Interior Design