CrowdLands: Unlocking Housing Affordability in Plain Sight
Details
The problem is simple. The solution starts with openness. Housing affordability requires building more homes. Significantly more. Densely located where people actually want to live and work.
When done right, everyone benefits: first-time buyers get access, developers move more units, and landowners see their values rise.
But there's a bottleneck. Before a single brick is laid, land must be assembled into viable plots. Right now, this process happens behind closed doors - favouring land bankers and large developers at everyone else's expense. What if we could change that?
What to expect
Talk
Peter Dempster demystifies how land banking actually works, and shares his vision for opening up the process so it works for communities, not just insiders.
Hack
Then we roll up our sleeves. In a collaborative workshop, we'll brainstorm and start building a simulation that demonstrates how transparent land assembly could work in practice - a visual tool to make the abstract tangible.
Who should come?
Anyone curious about housing, urban development, civic tech, or game design. Developers, designers, policy thinkers, data people - all welcome.
Bring:
- A laptop
- Any coding agents or tools you favour
- An open mind
By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please let the team know upon arrival.
Please do join the discussion on Discord https://discord.gg/wPmp25Xnm5