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Expert comment on shipping container housing —
A plan for shipping containers to be used for cheap housing has been condemned
by social welfare groups.
Under the proposal, put forward by prominent urban planner Brian Haratsis, the
containers would be converted into houses and put on public land and in caravan
parks as alternative housing options for people on low incomes.
Could shipping containers help solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis?
How easy is it to convert a 12-metre steel box into a home?
What are social implications of housing poor people in shipping containers?
RMIT University’s Adjunct Professor Graeme Gunn is an expert in social issues
related to architecture, housing and urban design.
Dr Gunn is a former Dean of Architecture at RMIT and is available for comment on
housing affordability and the issues related to proposals for shipping containers to
be used as housing.
For interviews: RMIT University’s Dr Graeme Gunn, 0407 856 368.
For general media enquiries: RMIT University Media and Communications,
Gosia Kaszubska, (03) 9925 3176 or 0417 510 735.
7 July, 2008
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