It's really hard. Nothing like "most" of the stocks are viable, they are expensive conversions, and it turns out few people with choices want the outcome becaus

It's really hard. Nothing like "most" of the stocks are viable, they are expensive conversions, and it turns out few people with choices want the outcome because of the problems which follow: to get volume you get few windows per unit-housing. Ceilings are low, and the office design put all the water and waste close to the lift core so the design of a modern home with en-suites &c is hard. I do think the massive homeless problem in my economy (Australia) should drive to doing this conversion, but everything I read about it over the last 2-3 years said it was nothing like as simple as people thought. I begin to think knocking them down like we see footage of in China may be the best option. Or, paying socialised costs to convert into public housing but at a significant premium compared to green field.