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Need for new housing due to forecast increase in households and or population |
Assess existing supply of residential land; identify new housing opportunities and consider rezoning for residential uses or higher density residential development in appropriate locations (near transport and services). |
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Need for larger/smaller dwellings, or adaptable/accessible dwellings due to changing demographic profile and household size e.g.:
- increase in numbers of families with children or group households
- increase in couple or lone person households
- ageing population
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Assess residential development opportunities, and consider changing zones or development controls to encourage:
- appropriate residential lot sizes to meet projected housing need and promote housing diversity
- a sufficient new supply of larger or smaller dwellings (for instance, a requirement that medium density developments include a minimum number of one, two and three-bedroom configurations)
- a sufficient supply of adaptable or accessible housing (for instance requirements that certain housing forms include a proportion of adaptable housing)
- a sufficient supply of well located housing suitable for seniors (a NSW council may choose to develop their own Seniors Living Policy)
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Need for additional housing for projected population increase associated with forecast economic/
employment trends, e.g.:
- anticipated new industrial development
- growth in service sector
- ageing population and need for aged care services
- seasonal employment trends
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- Assess existing supply of residential land; identify new housing opportunities and consider rezoning for residential uses or higher density residential development in appropriate locations (near transport and services)
- Consider introducing planning approaches to ensure affordability of housing for “key workers” and those in the service sector (e.g. nurses, personal care assistants, childcare workers, hospitality staff, teachers, police)
- Consider need for appropriate seasonal housing opportunities, such as well located and serviced caravan parks, manufactured home estates, or zoning provisions for temporary/permanent employee housing.
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Proportion of population on very low incomes experiencing housing stress or at risk of housing stress, including:
- Increasing numbers of homeless people or people at risk of homelessness
- People living in semi permanent accommodation such as residential parks and manufactured home estates
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- Consider the introduction or enhancement of local community services for people in housing need, such as an emergency referral network, or services for people in caravan parks and manufactured home estates
- Consider developing a joint venture or partnership with a social housing provider or community organization to provide crisis accommodation or support services.
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High spatial concentrations of people on low incomes, who may be at risk of social marginalisation or exclusion, such as:
- Large public housing estates
- Large concentrations of private tenants on low or moderate incomes
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- Consider working with social housing landlords to improve services for tenants or to promote new, mixed residential developments within or in proximity to large estates
- Consider ways to coordinate services for low income private tenants
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Loss or shortage of low cost rental housing stock and declining housing affordability, e.g.:
- loss of low cost rental housing opportunities such as boarding houses, rental flats, older housing stock, caravan parks, manufactured housing estates
- loss or potential of lower cost home purchase opportunities due to forecast increase in housing demand, due to population increase or likely process of urban renewal or gentrification
- shortage of social housing opportunities (e.g. public or community housing, relative to demand)
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Consider planning approaches to protect, promote or provide affordable housing, such as:
- controls to protect existing sources of low priced housing stock (and the development of internal training and/or guidelines to maximize efficacy of existing planning controls, such as SEPP 10)
- ensuring an adequate supply of serviced residential land or redevelopment opportunities (subject to local capacity)
- controls to allow and encourage more affordable and diverse housing types, such as mixed commercial/residential development
- examining the impact of development controls on housing affordability, and ensuring that a wide diversity of housing forms are permissible in as many well located areas as possible
- Consider facilitating specific housing projects for affordable housing or special needs groups (refer internal link)
- Develop an advocacy strategy to demonstrate the need for more affordable housing within the local community
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