The Gerontologist, Vol 30, Issue 2 171-177, Copyright © 1990 by The Gerontological Society of America

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A review of the Victoria, Australia granny flat program

NM Lazarowich
School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The 10-year-old Victoria, Australia granny flat program has about 3000 units in place. Granny flats, designed as standardized units using panels, offer privacy yet proximity to family members. There are suggestions they be considered as affordable housing for younger people. This review of the Victoria program suggests that state initiatives are more successful than local ones, and that decentralized administration is associated with increased ability to delivery the granny flat units.