The Fifth Estate
Jess Miller on lazy spaces, Town Square and the new green challenge
, 69 min
Jess on the empty shops and offices sitting idle across the City, the homes lost to short-term letting, the creative spaces Sydney keeps losing and the new Town Hall Square. Why putting those spaces back to work matters for everyone who lives, rents and makes things here.
Episode notes
From The Fifth Estate, as published with the episode.
Halfway through her second term as Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney Jess Miller, who will take to the stage at our next Big Debate, Carbon Triggers, has wasted no time in tackling the glaring problems that annoy her and many others.
Among them are the “lazy” or empty spaces in many of the city’s commercial buildings, the housing that’s given over to short term/Airbnb style accommodation and the loss of places for arts and creative work.