Saving Sydney
Exploring the big and bold ideas of Gen Z leaders to address Sydney’s housing crisis - before it’s too late.
Sydney’s housing catastrophe is just around the corner. Gen Z knows how to fix it
The problem has hit one group the hardest. So we asked six young experts to come up with some solutions.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo, Penry Buckley, Cindy Yin, Nick Newling, Kayla Olaya and Frances Howe
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.
- by Nick Newling, Cindy Yin and Penry Buckley
‘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.
- by Nick Newling, Cindy Yin, Penry Buckley, Daniel Lo Surdo, Kayla Olaya and Frances Howe
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.
- by Frances Howe
‘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.
- by Penry Buckley
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.
- by Nick Newling and Cindy Yin
‘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.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya
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.
- by Kayla Olaya, Daniel Lo Surdo and Cindy Yin
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.
- by Daniel Lo Surdo
Sydney’s young people deserve to be heard – before we lose them for good
Sydney’s housing crisis is here and now – and the city’s young people don’t think they can wait much longer for large-scale solutions.
- by The Herald's View
Opinion
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.
- by Millie Muroi
Opinion
I’ve had four housemates in three years. And I’m not the problem
You might think sub-letting a room that fits a queen bed in a clean, comfortable, well-located apartment would be easy in a housing crisis. Not so, but I got there in the end.
- by Meg Kanofski
Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/national/nsw/saving-sydney-20250109-p5l37y.html