Mastodawn

Single-person households in Australia have increased significantly over the last 50 years, rising from 18% in 1981 to 26% (approx. 2.37 million) of households in 2021.

This is a choice, not a disease. And there is plenty of evidence that single people are happier, particularly when they are older.

So why do we persist in creating housing regulations that actually punish tiny living for single people?

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LIPSERVANT Mar 20

@joannejacobs
As a single-person householder myself, I have to agree. My former two-bedroom unit was too much to maintain as I grew older, so am very happy with one now. Should be an option easily accessed without losing the amenities one enjoys, whether natural or cultural. (Parramatta ain't the inner west, and growing my own veggies largely not an option in a strata block.)

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Joanne Jacobs

@lipservant this is it, right? It feels like any attempt at affordable small living is being resisted and indeed demonised. Instead of protecting building standards, it's actually locking people out of their choices. It's such a misunderstanding of needs.