Here’s why Australia should build more smaller houses rather than fewer big ones | Peter Mares

Peter Mares is the author of No Place: Repairing Australia ’s Housing Crisis .

He was struck by the pitch for the new homes under construction in Sydney recently.

The Productivity Commission's recent report found “the number of dwellings completed per hour worked” by construction workers has fallen by a whopping 53% over the past 30 years .

Mares says it takes a lot longer to knock up an apartment with four -and-a-half bathrooms than your average flat.