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Yes to housing affordability, but don’t take my home

by Nicole Gurran

17 Mar 05:50am

Filed under: Housing Affordability, Nsw Government, Public Development, Urban Renewal

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News that New South Wales may soon pass laws to enable land seizures for private housing shouldn’t surprise us.

High density development is not the solution. Picture: Jason Busch.

It’s the latest in a series of alarming headlines about the state of urban development and planning in NSW.

Putting aside the benefits or otherwise of compulsory land acquisition – a tool for achieving public planning goals, already embedded within NSW legislation – it’s worth revisiting the core issues driving the latest proposal – and the range of options to address them.

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Ads says:

04:10pm | 19/03/10

Shabangabang, you DO realise Rudd is planning to take over major aspects of urban planning don’t you? He’ll love the power these laws give him. Glad I don’t live in NSW. Read more »
paul says:

10:36am | 18/03/10

Russell I think Labor banning political donations showed they recognised that they had an issue. A big smelly one. “Donations” arn’t made for altruistic purposes. Labor has also gone to extreme, record lengths to hide information using Commercial in Confidence type excuses. Why are they so insecure and opaque with… Read more »

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