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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Looking for good urban infill, Greens want to go back to the future

ACT Greens planning spokeswoman Jo Clay in a Howitt Street courtyard, which she said showed what good urban infill housing looked like. Picture by Keegan Carroll

Quality infill projects of Canberra's past offer a guide to how to house Canberra's growing population within its existing footprint, an effort that will need more than more dual occupancies, the Greens believe.

Greens planning spokeswoman Jo Clay said unit developments along Howitt Street, Kingston, demonstrated what was possible when higher medium-density housing was permitted.

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