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"Australia’s housing affordability crisis shows no sign of easing. An average
home price now exceeds A$1 million and a recent report found only a handful of
rental properties nationwide are affordable for someone on government benefits.
Vulnerable people are hit hardest – for example, there has been a 14% increase
in women and girls seeking homelessness services.
Yet some councils want to evict people from their own homes. A couple in the
Bega Valley, NSW, faces fines of $10,000 per day unless they remove or demolish
their tiny house.
On the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, four tiny house owners are fighting
council eviction. In Victoria’s Yarra Valley, a couple was told to demolish or
rebuild to comply with the Building Code of Australia (BCA).
We’ve researched the planning and social aspects of the tiny house movement in
Australia for over a decade. We’ve looked at changing attitudes to tiny houses
and living more modestly, and the barriers people face when they choose this
path."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
