Every night, thousands of car spaces across Australia’s cities sit empty.

This is the result of state and local governments requiring new housing projects to include off-street parking at rates much higher than residents want or need.

In this podcast, Grattan housing expert Matthew Bowes talks to co-author Ashleigh Chang about our report, ‘Wasted space: Axe car-parking rules to ease the housing crisis’, and how can we better manage parking in our cities and get more homes built for less.

Read our report: https://grattan.edu.au/report/wasted-space-axe-car-parking-rules-to-ease-the-housing-crisis/

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