2022-11-04 - Special Meeting Agenda Item 1 - Attachment 2 - Consultation Report

5.6 Community survey - effectiveness of actions proposed
in housing strategy
Question 6: The draft Housing Strategy proposed 11 actions
that could be taken to address the housing crisis.
Participants were asked for their opinion on the effectiveness
of each of the actions.                                          Q6. Top 3 actions – most effective

Of the 667 people who took part in the survey, 623 provided      Ensure new hous in g is not located where it is adversely
a response to this question.                                      affected by natural hazards such as flooding, bushfire                                                   419
                                                                                      or subsidence

Findings                                                           Development of social and affordable housing occurs
                                                                     throughout the region and n ot clu stered in one                                                380
                                                                                        location
• Across all actions proposed, participants were more likely
  to agree that they would be effective than to disagree.           Advocate for a portion of th e $38 .5million Sun shine
                                                                     Coast social housing b udget to be spent on social                                     326
                                                                                   hou sing in Noosa Shire
• 419 people strongly agreed that any new social and
  affordable housing must be built in areas not affected by                                                                      0   100        200   300           400          500
  natural disasters.

• 380 people said new social and affordable housing should
  be built in locations across the Noosa Shire, rather than in   Q6. Top 3 actions– least effective
  a specific community.
                                                                     Amending the current Noosa Planning Scheme to
                                                                        encourage and incentivise all new hous ing                                                        123
• 123 people did not agree that amendments to the                     developmen ts to include a portion of s ocial or…
  current planning scheme to encourage and incentivise all
  new developments to include a portion of social and              Ensure a high proportion of new hous ing is within
                                                                 400m of activity cen tres, schools and pub lic transport                                     101
  affordable housing would be effective.                                     making it easier for residents

• 101 people did not think that by building a high                Con sider the range of opp ortunities for how Council
                                                                   can help subsidize th e d elivery of more afford able                                    98
  proportion of new housing close to activity centres,           hou sing through reduction or waiving of fees, charges…
  school and public transport would be effective.
                                                                                                                             0             50           100                      150
• A full analysis of the effectiveness of each action is
  included on the following pages.


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