German ingenuity from Berlin using prefab cabins on apartment building rooftops or other unused space. Cabins are 20 sqm. They hope to price them below 100k Euro or approx $150k AUD
Category Archives: Fairness
Byron Shire Council & affordable housing
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-24/pop-up-housing-to-combat-housing-price-rise/7541430 Great to see this initiative using Tiny Houses to help in this region.
Cohousing around the world
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jun/20/how-we-live-now-inside-revolution-urban-living?CMP=fb_a-cities_b-gdncities From London to New York & LA, Tokyo & Constitucion, Chile some interesting examples!
The international housing affordability crisis
http://blogs.reuters.com/breakingviews/2016/05/17/chancellor-uk-housing-crisis-isnt-supply-problem/?utm_content=buffer3407a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Low interest rates combined with foreign investment the main causes according to this article
Minimalism a documentary
http://www.lifeedited.com/we-review-minimalism-a-documentary-about-the-important-things/?utm_source=LifeEdited+Newsletter&utm_campaign=af027dafc7-Minimalism_A_Documentary_About5_12_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3bbaec7ba-af027dafc7-303852197 Whilst the documentary will screen later this month in the US it will be available online in early August worldwide. I believe it will have a similar impact to the Economics of Happiness and the review here puts it in the same air as An Inconvenient Truth.
Estimated 90000 properties vacant in Sydney
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/thousands-of-empty-homes-adding-to-sydneys-housing-crisis-experts-say-20160323-gnpc52.html Sydney isn’t alone in this Melbourne is mentioned too and is likely to be happening in all mainland capitals and major regional centres. Due to a combination of tax incentives and overseas based ownership.
Charles Durrett US co-housing founder
He toured Australia last week speaking in Adelaide and Sydney. With the growth and diversity of alternative affordable housing options in the past decade or so this is another to consider.
Flux party: a potential gamechanger
Compared to alternative currency BitCoin in this article headline I would describe it as a grassroots development without any core principles other than majority wins.
Dignity Village Portland Oregon
http://www.domain.com.au/news/tiny-homes-to-call-their-own-20160128-gmfnko/
Homeless people helping themselves once the local city council realised it was pointless to continually move them away from under the local bridges. The article details how they built their own tiny houses and now have a community kitchen and bathroom facilities along with internet and power.
Noel Pearson’s call for the radical centre in Australian politics
He describes himself as a radical centrist and believes Xenophon is the closest in the current parliament. He also thinks Tim Costello and Natasha Spott-Despoja would also sit there.
Australian Independents Movement for Political Integrity 