@***super_nova*** wrote:
@chameleon54 wrote:
I,m not sure what the answer with public housing is, it is a very difficult area with no easy answers. I,m not entirely convinced putting it in the middle of working family orientated suburbs is really working.
If these people did not live in public housing they would still live somewhere. And not all junkies and dealers and mentally ill people do get public housing.
Why should doctors and other professional people living in the city, having family & friends in the city, having spouses with jobs in the city, having access to what ever interests/lifestyle they have in the city, just get up uproot their family, and go to live in small town?
Yes, they can buy cheaper house, but if they want to sell it they will also not get much for it. NOVA - Heres a novel idea, as Mr. Kerighan said in that classic movie the Castle,, " They could live in it "
I saw this discussed few weeks ago when small outback town people complained that they have to drive couple of hours to large centre for chemo and radiation therapy; well, sorry but I doubt there is enough work for oncologists, and other specialists, not to mention expensive equipment.
NOVA, PLEASE READ MY THREAD - No one is forcing anyone to do anything.
The topic of this thread is how can people in the future find affordable housing. My suggestion is to de-centralise our population.!!!
My post was not only referencing tiny rural communities as you have tried to infer, but also major regional centres. I live in a growing regional community of 30,000 - 40,000 people. Beautiful coastal community a bit over one hours drive from a state capital city. Plenty of employment options for tradies and people with health and education skills.
As mentioned houses are still available here for under $200,000 and plenty of 600 mtr.2 blocks of land under $100,000. My own house is set on over 1000 mtrs2 of land and has 50 metres frontage to a river reserve with the river only 50 metres away and only one adjoining neighbour. We have a neat 3 bedroom, two bathroom house, large shed, nice gardens and $100,000 in renovations over the last 5 years. It would sell for around $300,000. We paid $195,000 seven years ago.
If Australians continue to want to cram into large cities with millions of other people and refuse to even consider other options then they need to accept that one of the costs of that decision is they may never be able to afford a home and are destined to pay ridiculous rent for the rest of their lives. ( exactly the same as most other large, modern cities around the world ). If the career opportunities and social connections make that worthwhile, that is a decision they have taken, knowing the cost is lack of home ownership.
To Stay right on topic of this thread, how can future generations afford home ownership, THE ONLY SOLUTION I CAN SEE IS MODERNISE SOCIAL AND WORK SYSTEMS USING THE INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY AND TO DE-CENTRALISE POPULATIONS. We have huge areas of beautiful countryside. People just need to be prepared to live in it.
Plenty of refugees are leaving their families, qualifications and career's and all of their possession's to hop on leaky boats to sail here and sit in a virtual concentration camp for several years just for the privilege of gaining residency anywhere in Australia.
- I think a bit of perspective and an open mind might be helpful in these discussions.
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