Amenity, affordability and building faults are just some of the obstacles in the way of a surge in housing capacity in Sydney, experts say.
Sydney needs hundreds of thousands more homes, but where should they go? And how should they be built?clustered around existing and future public transport routes.If Premier Chris Minns gets his way, locations including Crows Nest, Bankstown, Kellyville or Bella Vista, Sydenham, Waterloo, Burwood and The Bays precinct at Rozelle, some of which have long been earmarked for more development, will be prioritised to boost the state’s housing supply.
Minns has indicated he’s prepared to fight local councils who are resistant to his housing push, the full details of which are expected to be unveiled before year’s end. We asked five of Sydney’s urban planning experts to weigh in on what we know so far about the government’s approach to packing more homes into the city.What’s been disappointing in the speculation and reports to date is that affordable housing doesn’t seem to be front and centreIf we don’t get that requirement in place up front, the market’s not going to provide it down the track. These areas are really complicated contexts in which to develop.
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