Australia's Missing Middle: The Property Development Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight

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Australia's housing debate seems to offer us two choices: a detached home on an increasingly unaffordable block of land, or an apartment in a large tower. Between those two forms of housing is what planners call the "missing middle". This includes duplexes, terraces, townhouses, maisonettes, courtyard housing and small low-rise apartment buildings. They provide more homes than a conventional suburban subdivision, while retaining much of the space, privacy and neighbourhood character people value. So why aren't we building more of them, particularly in the well-located middle-ring suburbs where people want to live? Our households are getting smaller, our population is ageing, affordability…