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Flinders University has released research claiming that planning rules banning the construction of multi-unit flats has contributed to Adelaide’s lack of affordable housing. From Adelaide Now:
Flinders University research has found that zoning regulations that prevented building of multi-level flats and townhouses by implementing minimum home sizes — in part due to appease concerned neighbours — has restricted housing diversity across metropolitan Adelaide, increased prices and in turn hit affordability.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.