Youqing Fan – The Conversation

With more than 80% of Singaporeans living in state-provided housing, the city rates well for affordability compared to Sydney, where the figure is just 5.5%. Bill Roque/Shutterstock

September 18, 2019

Affordable housing lessons from Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore: 3 keys to getting the policy mix right

Youqing Fan, Western Sydney University; Bingqin Li, UNSW , and Chyi Lin Lee, UNSW

A coordinated mix of policies does more to keep housing affordable for a significant proportion of a city’s residents than the unbalanced approach we see in Sydney.

The problem of having jobs on one side of the latte line and housing growth on the other is driving the Greater Sydney Commission’s plans for the city. Danny Casey/AAP

June 21, 2018

Another tale of two cities: access to jobs divides Sydney along the ‘latte line’

Chyi Lin Lee, Western Sydney University; Awais Piracha, Western Sydney University, and Youqing Fan, Western Sydney University

In Sydney, a ‘latte line’, that runs from the airport to Parramatta and up to the northwest, divides white-collar jobs from blue-collar jobs. This perpetuates inequality.

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