Converting office space into residential buildings may sound appealing but experts suggest that in Australian cities the parameters are limited
“It’s crazy to leave existing infrastructure empty when we have people sleeping in the streets,” says Robert Pradolin, founder and executive director of Housing All Australians. As office blocks stand half empty in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, at the same time as a severe shortage in affordable housing makes headlines, it is tempting to think the former issue might be a solution to the latter.
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