Given the unaffordable prices of a standalone house in Randwick, a vibrant suburb in the city's east, they opted to renovate a sunroom. We had to take a creative approach and create a flexible third bedroom, Henderson says. Otherwise we would need to move away from here, and we'd be moving further away from jobs, further away from work and schools. The compromise we came up with was to remain where we were, but create a third space.
A town in Brittany has passed a local decree banning the construction of second homes amid an increasing housing shortage for local people. The coastal town of Cancale in Brittany, population 5,500, has passed a decree banning the construction of new buildings to be used as second homes, amid what local authorities describe as a "crisis" in housing shortages for local people.
