{"id":20094,"date":"2026-05-19T20:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/scrapping-86000-new-car-parking-spaces-could-save-5-2bn-and-drive-down-rents-grattan-report-finds\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:10:15","slug":"scrapping-86000-new-car-parking-spaces-could-save-5-2bn-and-drive-down-rents-grattan-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eunews.top\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/scrapping-86000-new-car-parking-spaces-could-save-5-2bn-and-drive-down-rents-grattan-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrapping 86,000 new car parking spaces could save $5.2bn and drive down rents, Grattan report finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>About 40% of parking spaces under apartments in Australia sit empty, yet strict planning rules mean more unwanted spots continue to be built<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Australia risks squandering $5.2bn by building 86,000 unwanted car parking spaces in the next five years, according to research by the Grattan Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The report recommends urgent reform to planning rules, including scrapping a requirement for a minimum number of car parking spaces per bedroom for new builds.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/may\/20\/car-parking-unwanted-new-spaces-grattan-report\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 40% of parking spaces under apartments in Australia sit empty, yet strict planning rules mean more unwanted spots continue to be built Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia risks squandering $5.2bn by building 86,000 unwanted car parking spaces in the next five years, according to research by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,626,804],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-news","category-housing","category-transport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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