Smart cities could give the visually impaired a new outlook on urban life

Sep 17, 2019 17:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

Travelling to work, meeting friends for a catch up or just doing some shopping are often taken for granted by people with no known disabilities. For the visually impaired, these seemingly simple things can be a serious...

How buildings in Johannesburg could benefit from green roofs

Sep 10, 2019 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

There are about 500,000 square metres of green space in Chicago in the United States. Many of these are visible, not on the ground, but on building roofs across the city. Green roofs can be seen in a number of other cities...

Rudd's rental affordability scheme was a $1 billion gift to developers; Abbott was right to axe it

Sep 10, 2019 20:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Politics

Most Australians are spending more of their income on housing than they used to, but low-income households are being squeezed the hardest. Many are in poverty, and many more are suffering financial stress. A growing...

Three ways to fix the problems caused by rezoning inner-city industrial land for mixed-use apartments

Aug 26, 2019 04:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

Since 2000, planning authorities in Australia have overseen a massive rezoning of inner-city industrial land to make way for mixed-use residential development. They claim central industrial space is obsolete in a...

First home buyer schemes aren't enough to meet young adults' housing aspirations

Aug 15, 2019 17:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

Young adults not only struggle to buy a home, many struggle to secure any kind of independent housing. This contributes to a cycle of living in precarious and informal housing and to a growing gap between their current...

Focus on managing social housing waiting lists is failing low-income households

Aug 06, 2019 03:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Politics

A need to manage waiting lists, rather than ensuring positive outcomes for tenant households, strongly influences social housing policy, newly published research finds. This situation is not only a result of operational...

A century of public housing: building homes, not just houses, takes more than bricks and mortar

Aug 01, 2019 04:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate

Good quality, affordable housing is of vital importance to peoples sense of identity, health and general well being. But in the UK we dont have sufficient housing that is affordable, of sufficient quality, and in places...