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Get people on trains. Barely an excuse in some parts of Brisbane. Its not places like that who've got to worry though, it's places like GC where we've decided that a light rail system makes sense when just north there's a great cheaper and faster busway system.
Plus all the people who commute up and down and up and down the m1 day after day. Push them to WFH if possible. Better for people with kids as well and there's no reason we can't in a modern world, business just has too much money in real estate to let us.
WFH is one of the contributing factors to the current housing crisis as people sought more space to be able to do it.
Not saying your idea is wrong, but there is an effect.
The effect doesn't seem to correlate to an increase in these smaller houses though. If already housed individuals are seeking to put more money into a larger house that frees up smaller houses for those without the same investment opportunities. Rents and prices should naturally go down if a subset of well off people sought higher quality homes.