Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?
- Written by: Louise Dorignon, Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow, RMIT University
ShutterstockHuge sporting events come with substantial public investment in housing. After Melbourne hosted the 1956 Olympics, about 600 houses in the athlete village became public housing in West Heidelberg. After Melbourne hosted the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athlete village in Parkville was largely sold off, with 320 houses going to social...
