Alex Bauman

Casual Academic, School of Social Sciences & Psychology, Western Sydney University

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Access to Land is a Barrier to Simpler, Sustainable Living. Public Housing could Offer a Way Forward

There is a very powerful reason we are currently unable to move toward a simpler and sustainable society: the costs of securing access to land for housing often mean only the relatively affluent can afford such “green lifestyles”.

In response to this problem, we offer some ideas to show how public land could be used for sustainable forms of community-led development.

August 22, 2019