Bulldozing affordable Sydney flats for luxury builds makes people ‘extremely cynical’ about development, Spender warns
NSW housing policy states higher density developments must allocate some ‘affordable’ units – but in some suburbs these can still fetch up to $1,000 a weekGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe trend of knocking down older blocks of flats to replace them with a smaller...
<p>NSW housing policy states higher density developments must allocate some ‘affordable’ units – but in some suburbs these can still fetch up to $1,000 a week</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The trend of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/06/luxury-housing-sydney-bondi-inner-city-north-shore">knocking down older blocks of flats</a> to replace them with a smaller number of luxury apartments in parts of Sydney could see community support for development dive, federal independent MP Allegra Spender has warned.</p><p>Spender, whose Wentworth electorate takes in Bondi, Potts Point and Paddington, has written to the New South Wales housing minister, Rose Jackson, calling for urgent action.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/11/bulldozing-affordable-sydney-flats-for-luxury-builds-makes-people-extremely-cynical-about-development-spender-warns">Continue reading...</a>
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