Listen "How local councils block new unit blocks"
Episode Synopsis
Sue is back from Europe – Huzzah! And that means not just a return of her dulcet tones but an injection of common sense into the proceedings. And those proceedings are a discussion about the “missing middle” – low to medium rise apartment blocks and how some councils have managed to keep them out of their suburbs.We look at the cute and occasionally evil tactics that home buyers resort to, in order to get to the head of the queue to purchase the house of their dreams.We look at how efforts to curb the rampant spread of Airbnb and other short-term holiday lets have fared in cities that have brought in draconian laws.And we wonder if game theory might help us to solve the housing crisis (as discussed on the Flat Chat website). That’s all right here in the Flat Chat Wrap.____________________________________________________Flat Chat is all about apartment living, especially in Australia.Find us on Facebook and Twitter and the Flat Chat website.Send comments and questions to [email protected] to ask and answer questions about apartment living anonymously on the website.Recorded by Jimmy Thomson & Sue Williams; Transcribed by Otter.ai.Find out more about Sue Williams and Jimmy Thomson on their websites.
More episodes of the podcast FLAT CHAT WRAP
Fake hosts - our scariest podcast ever
22/08/2025
Too slow for easy low-cost housing fix
10/07/2025
Going Dutch on rent controls
25/06/2025
Is this the end of balcony laundry bans?
15/06/2025
On ABC radio Afternoons with James Valentine
28/05/2025
Lawyer in the Hot Seat 2025 - Part 1
14/05/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.