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Young people are leaving Sydney at an alarming rate, as the community grapples with unaffordable housing costs.

‘A city with no future’: The real cost of Sydney’s housing crisis

Without bold and decisive action on housing, Sydney is hurtling towards being a city with no future, a panel of young experts has warned.

  • Nick Newling, Cindy Yin, Penry Buckley, Daniel Lo Surdo, Kayla Olaya and Frances Howe

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Running repairs to the hot water system in Millie Muroi’s former Sydney apartment.

I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear

Two types of blockage have played unpleasant roles in my housing affordability awakening. Here’s what we need to do differently.

  • Millie Muroi
Marsden Park development

Forget the latte line, this is the new divide splitting Sydney in two

Sydney’s younger generations are rejecting the city’s “grey houses, grey streets and grey methods” in the city’s newer suburbs.

  • Frances Howe
Outgoing housemate Julia de Sterke with current housemates Vicky Lee, Shanky Yip, and Melissa Monroe in their Newtown sharehouse.

‘You’re competing with so many others’: Inside the weird world of rental speed-dating

10 minutes to choose your housemates for a year? How the housing crisis has made finding a room in Sydney riskier than ever.

  • Penry Buckley
Underutilised land in Sydney.

Are cemeteries, rifle ranges and greyhound tracks the future of Sydney’s housing?

A number of drastic actions to target the city’s pain have been suggested. Some might unlock the solutions to making housing affordable.

  • Nick Newling and Cindy Yin
NSW’s DA system is a maze holding up housing supply.

‘As confused as it is confusing’: The big handbrake holding back housing in Sydney

If Sydney can ever tackle its housing crisis and become affordable for young people, addressing the development application system needs to be at the top of the list of reforms.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya
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Jackie Olling swapped Sydney for London, where she pays more rent but is much better off.

Jackie was sick of the Sydney rental market, so she moved to London

Jackie Olling is among the thousands of young professionals leaving Sydney every year - for places even more expensive.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Could you still afford your own home today?

Where could you really afford to live? Sydney’s housing crisis mapped

For the price of a house in Lindfield two decades ago, you might now be able to afford Minchinbury. Find out how your family would be affected using our interactive.

  • Nick Newling, Cindy Yin and Penry Buckley
Intergenerational wealth transfers could become the deciding factor of young people entering the housing market.

Sara’s parents own two homes, but she won’t buy until she’s 80. Here’s why

Young Sydneysiders on the wrong side of a $3.5 trillion wealth transfer are staring down decades of housing pain.

  • Kayla Olaya, Daniel Lo Surdo and Cindy Yin
Housing crisis in Sydney

Saving Sydney

Exploring the big and bold ideas of Gen Z leaders to address Sydney’s housing crisis - before it’s too late.

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