Brownfield developments are different to Greenfield developments. There’s complexities inherent in the act of re-creating something old into something new that aren’t present if you’re starting with a blank slate.
It’s a similar situations trying to create something new that comes from within an old broken entity.
For example: Trying to address the affordability issues in our current property market.
This issue, or rather, one of many, is this:
How do you create affordable homes within a system characterised my massive wealth inequality?
When we’re buying (or building) in the existing environment, the money needs to come from somewhere. Extensive philanthropic funding is a) difficult to come by and b) not a sustainable alternative.
Perhaps we need to back up a little and ask a few questions like:"
Is there a way to go outside the system?
Is there an alternative way to get from point A to point B. More specifically, how to go from no house, to a home purchased at an affordable price.
Re-creation challenges require creative solutions. But the outcomes are worth it, whether its an affordable home, and alternative system of a brownfield ethical development.