No developers, no profits - and still not enough: The hard truth about alternative housing
Nightingale co-founder Jeremy McLeod has publicly criticized his own lauded housing model, arguing it fails to address the broader housing crisis. He suggests that current trends of building larger homes for fewer people are exacerbating climate and cost-of-living issues.
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The critique challenges conventional wisdom in urban design and architecture regarding how to effectively solve housing affordability and sustainability.
In a lecture theatre inside one of Melbourne’s premier design schools, Jeremy McLeod took the podium – and rattled the room.
Nightingale co-founder Jeremy McLeod suggests the revered model isn’t the answer to the housing crisis. Josh Robenstone Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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Share A A A Melbourne Assembly brings together the people, ideas and conversations shaping the future of our city. See all stories . In a lecture theatre hushed but for the occasional tapping of keystrokes, the co-creator of Melbourne’s most lauded housing model took the podium – and undercut the very thing he conceived.
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