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High-Rise Hopes to Fix Housing Squeeze in the Regions

High-Rise Hopes to Fix Housing Squeeze in the Regions
A general view of the regional town of Broken Hill in New South Wales, Australia, on Sept. 24, 2021. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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2/9/2024|Updated: 2/9/2024
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Not everyone moving to regional Australia is looking for a home among the gumtrees with lots of plum trees—and they definitely don’t want a sheep or two.

Developers should be encouraged to build more medium-density housing in the regions as country populations boom and demand more workers, experts have told a national summit.

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