Zoning isn’t to blame for Australia’s soaring house prices
- Written by Mark Limb, Lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology
Jandrie Lombard/ShutterstockAmong the many explanations put forward for soaring home prices, one we hear repeatedly is zoning — the regulations that govern the purposes for which land can be used, including how densely people can be housed in different locations.
The real estate industry says if only we relaxed the zoning rules and allowed...
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