He's a great economist, but he also changed how we talk about the subject.

A look inside one of Melbourne's earliest examples of well-designed, minimal, medium-density housing — designed by architect Acheson Best Overend.

Of course more space and light is desirable, but banning basic apartments means more displacement, homelessness and overcrowded sharehouses By modern standards, I live in a “dog box”. My unit is a 38 sq metre one-bedder on the ground floor of a classic Sydney 1960s red-brick apartment block. Located on the south-west end of the building, it doesn’t get much sunlight and sometimes the planes fly so low overhead they rattle the windows. The kitchen has just enough bench space for one chopping board, and when the dryer’s running, it can get so humid that water drips down the walls. It’s brilliant. Continue reading...

Of course more space and light is desirable, but banning basic apartments means more displacement, homelessness and overcrowded sharehouses

Of course more space and light is desirable, but banning basic apartments means more displacement, homelessness and overcrowded sharehouses

Sydney would be unstoppable if it could fix the cost of housing, the tyranny of distance and its obsession with rules and restrictions. We are let down by leaders who say the right things but act timi...