With Canberra's population expected to rise by almost 100,000 people this decade, experts and students are calling for co-op housing and other creative solutions.
abc.net.au/news/act-government-urged-consider-coop-housing-ahead-population-rise/101833024The ACT government is being urged to consider unconventional housing models to help address the city's access and affordability crisis after the territory's predicted population was revised to more than 500,000 in a decade.
In 2020 the population was already higher than expected at 454,000, but new predictions show a rise to 550,000 people by 2033. It has prompted concerns that the capital was not built to cope with the predicted number of people, and current housing strategies will not meet their needs.Adhyan Dhull says he wants to see more focus on solving the housing crisis in Canberra.
Resident Adhyan Dhull said that everyone who lives at the co-op worked together to keep the place running.
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