Australia Townhouse Demand Goes Unmet

In honor of Townhouse Center's birthday week, total 10,000 hits in the first year!  From Australia Herald Sun writers Nick Leys and Karen Collier: "The great Australian dream of owning a house on a quarter-acre block might no longer exist. Instead, Australians want more townhouses and apartments in the more desirable areas, a Grattan Institute report The Housing We'd Choose has found.  Just under 50 per cent of those surveyed in Melbourne indicated a preference for detached housing; the remainder opted for high-density housing.  Committee for Melbourne CEO Andrew MacLeod said the city had to address the shortage of high-density housing."  Full article here.