Put unused and 'lazy' land to work to ease the affordable housing crisis
- Written by Matthew Palm, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transforming Housing Research Network, University of Melbourne
Getting more out of 'lazy' land, such as this community housing built over a Port Phillip City Council-owned car park, is a key strategy to reduce the shortage of affordable housing.CIty of Port PhillipGreater Melbourne officially became home to 5 million people last month – that’s almost 90% of the state’s population. This...