Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Still to come in U.S.: legal limits on home size
Australia is running out of land, so the government of New South Wales has announced legislation to ban the construction of "McMansions" and other large homes, which government leaders consider a waste. It also plans to ban cul de sacs from new suburbs and mandate three-story apartments and mixed-used developments.
The government feels it can impose such measures because it owns much of the land around Sydney, which--after Los Angeles and San Diego--has the least affordable housing in the New World (USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). The government plans to charge developers impact fees of up to AU$65,000 a lot (US$49,000) to help pay for "essential services."
No doubt American planners will soon be going to Sydney to find out how well urban planning works there.
The government feels it can impose such measures because it owns much of the land around Sydney, which--after Los Angeles and San Diego--has the least affordable housing in the New World (USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand). The government plans to charge developers impact fees of up to AU$65,000 a lot (US$49,000) to help pay for "essential services."
No doubt American planners will soon be going to Sydney to find out how well urban planning works there.
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