There are other benefits too. For local councils trying to limit unsustainable, low-density expansion on their fringes, these changes enable a relatively gentle and unobtrusive form of densification in places where resistance to change is common.
Allowing property owners to let space to a tiny-house dweller could be a cost-effective and rapid way to increase rental supply for some demographics. Single women over 50, for example, are at high risk of homelessness and also the demographic most interested in tiny house living.We have seen that, when disasters strike, governments can introduce innovative responses to local housing crises.
Allowing tiny houses for a trial period of, say, two years could provide a valuable pilot project, and perhaps alleviate the concerns of some local ratepayers. In nine years of research into the tiny house movement in Australia, we have found some councils are willing to consider permitting tiny houses – but only if another council does it first.
A longer-term solution is to encourage the building of more granny flats as part of a program of moderate densification, as is happening in Auckland, New Zealand.
Once again, we have more empty investment properties than homeless people in this country.
The implementation of tiny houses as normal dwellings must be avoided at all costs because it will lead to out of control housing norms such as those in Japan where your bedroom is only big enough for your bed and you have to walk on it to go to bed. Kitchen? What kitchen? None.
Construction integrity,of transportable structures, is in fact stronger than, permanently positioned,nail ups. Insurance cheaper. Resale can include relocation.Internal renovation ,more fluid.Affordability logically positive. Fantastic present day, innovation. ABCthedrum smh
Short answer is YES, but the big question is where and who will own them? Land being released for development by most states are given to the private“developers”to make themselves richer by reselling to the highest bidders and not the said people in crisis.
No it can’t. Offering people homes one tenth the size for ten times the price as their parents could get is not a solution. And before “millennials are killing whatever” this week, think how can millennials do stuff like raise a family in unaffordable houses too small to live in?
Less cleaning to do, that’s for sure.
You literally post this article every year and completely miss the point. Do you deserve your government funding?
northway_debbie As a current couch surfer, I'd love one, as long as I could keep my dog with me My privacy has totally disappeared, along with my independence and worthiness/self-worth Yes, I know there a big issues that need to be addressed in the housing market, but at 52yrs I need help now
Slums, you mean slums?
If the solution to affordability is forcing the vulnerable into tiny accommodation that most councils only see fit for temporary use, so you don’t have to address the systemic inequality that leaves people vulnerable in the first place, then you’ve really messed up.
I'd have one thanks... just need a cheap block of land, power, water tanks and sewer.
No
Or we could just upzone and build townhouses and apartments and stuff.
Allow me to answer this question with a question: have you heard of negative gearing
Hey why don’t you just interview basically any expert in urban planning on the planet who has a horizon beyond their nose who will tell you the only option is medium and high density housing construction coupled with better infrastructure. Tiny homes are a silly joke
Tiny houses are the way to go for emergencies, housing shortages etc. Some states in the US have done this, turned vacant land into tiny houses development for those low income earners and homeless veterans plus low carbon footprint
How came your ' analysis ' doesnt include the Greens proposal to build one million new public dwellings?
Lol any tinier than melbournes cbd apartments,youll essentially be in a tent
No of course not it’s the land that’s expensive that’s why dumps sell for $2.5m
Hot bunking capsule hotels for developers to maximise returns!
The NSW govt reformed granny flat rules about 10 years ago allowing granny flats without seeking council approval. Since then there has being massive growth in granny flats with a whole industry created in building new granny flats.
Hey what if we just added a bit more ventilation to those drawers they have in the morgue? Then we could just rack em and stack em! Maybe we could just have them in workplaces so people never needed to commute or have homes of their own!
Rather than lowering rental standards, what needs to be done ASAP: 1. Tax investors who keep properties empty (this is a staggering number) 2. Tax investors who utilise Air BnB as this removes housing from rental stock. The two biggest contributors to the rental crisis.
Another way of putting it: Can we force vulnerable people into the most basic form of housing so that short-term rentals (AirBnB, Stays, ect) can sit unoccupied for large periods of time?
Heres an idea. Put them together, fill them with meth heads a s call it a caravan park. youknowitmakessense
Yeah perfect great idea good thinking
Tiny houses are inherently inaccessible for anyone with mobility issues and are hard to regulate temperature.
Yes if they could cut through ridiculous red tape, councils with rules on what is expected to be built on the land
remember Australians managed to save a lot of money during last year, so they would buy these houses as easy as shelling peas and housing problem will be solved...
The Opal and Mascot Towers and Canterbury apartments are the housing crisis....quality.
'Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.'
What we have to do is make it much harder to build McMansions and easier to build tiny homes. You could build 12 tiny homes in the same space (by volume) as one McMansion that typically accommodates only 4 people.
what’s wrong with sleeping under a bridge?
Germany has little sun, little wind forever. LEGALISE modified dwarf palm oil trees for biofuel and leaves to make pallets for electricity. Backpackers welcome. Reduce crime in remote communities. People who doing it tough go to career work big hours eg bad back, fit then work.
How good is hiding inflation in tiny houses!
It’s like taking a millennial and rubbing their face in 💩
How about we just provide enough public, low cost housing and address the problems caused by negative gearing instead?
How embarassing that this is what Australia has become. Oh and heads up 'tiny houses' aren't cheap.
Awesome- we start building 3rd world shanty towns as a solution. Think harder people...
Of course they will help. Whose land will they go on?
You’ll own almost nothing and be happy
Those could be an answer to homelessness not to rental pressures. FMD what has become of the ABC?
Do we need a national vacant building tax to fund state & LGA housing commissions?
You could always rent out your cupboard.
Big Australia project going really well. It was always about consumption profits for oligopolies and obscene profits for zoning speculators. Thepolicynevercomes
No
'Alternate'? So, only every second one? 🤔 Alternative, mayhaps?
No. The assigned value of $300k that the government puts on land, and all the fees that it charges is the problem. It’s why houses are made like shit these days, they fall apart which just puts rents and bonds even higher.
Tiny houses? Well yeah..don't know about that? Is that it? The solution..tiny houses? Desperate times ahead. A subdivision of good solid 2-3 bed ground level dwellings at a capped sensible rental rate would make for a decent investment.
In A BIG COUNTRY, this is touted as the future. An appalling thought. Capitalism is getting nuttier & nuttier.
The dystopian nightmare marches on.
The treasurer encourages investors to bid up the price of land faster than wages. Tiny homes don’t change it.
120,000 homeless 3 million living in poverty. If we insist on letting in more imigrants and refugees do we have a choice? What ever it takes to get a roof over are head I suppose. 🤔
I'd rather die happy than live such a miserable existence. We need fewer people & more green space.
The Morrison Gov has made many leaps into this exact change to housing. After the bushfires and recent floods, many have moved to smaller accommodation like tents and cars. Hopefully an AlboMP Gov will help these people and not ignore them like Scott. auspol AusVotes2022
Only if you have tiny wages to match.
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