This Sydney traffic junction sums up our city housing problem
Edgecliff, just east of Sydney’s CBD, shows the difficulty of councils and state governments trying to balance the demands of existing residents with a growing population.
The debate about boosting housing in urban Australia has blown open around an intersection in Sydney’s inner-eastern suburbs, where three planned developments adding 585 new homes are pitting the local council against the state government over transport and affordable housing.
In Edgecliff, a small suburb just 4 kilometres east of the CBD, plans for an 18-storey, 250-unit tower that went on public exhibition this week create a further challenge for infrastructure and affordability that the local Woollahra Council says the NSW government isn’t yet addressing.
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Michael Bleby covers commercial and residential property, with a focus on housing and finance, construction, design & architecture. He also dabbles in the business of sport. Michael is based in Melbourne. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at mbleby@afr.com
Paul Karp is The Australian Financial Review’s NSW political correspondent.
