Could living in smaller houses redefine the Australian Dream and help fix the housing crisis?

Literally all that's needed are regulations that universally make apartments more livable; actual building standards with real criminal and financial consequences for shotty builds... strong sound proofing, energy efficiency and climate control... minimum storage space requirements, restrictions on strata control, etc.

They promote absolutely everything that won't impact housing as an investment vehicle, and ignore everything that improves housing quality and security for the people that actually live in them.

Landlords say yes!

This article is literally "some architect built a tiny home, could million dollar tiny homes on million dollar land parcels be the answer to housing?!".

The answer is no.

Yes please, I currently live in a 3 bedroom apartment but would be far more suited to a cottage

I feel like the easiest fix would be to drag landlords kicking and screaming into the street and then introducing them to ol' mate Bubble Daryl while their families look on, saddened but quietly relieved by the fact that they will no longer be responsible for the wellbeing of such parasites.