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

    5.9 Community survey – other ideas to improve the draft Housing Strategy
             Theme                                    Negative                                                                  Positive / Neutral

Limit STAs                         N/A                                                "Add more limitations to short term rentals. I read recently that New York and Amsterdam limit to 30
                                                                                      days per year. We need more caps and taxes on short term rentals and incentives for long term
                                                                                      rentals, particularly for social."

                                                                                      "Many properties are second homes and rarely occupied. Is it possible or legal for a local council to
                                                                                      impose a "second home levy" on these poorly utilised assets?"
Lobby other levels of government   "Leave it to higher levels of Government who       "Focus on council and state govt making land available for social and affordable housing
                                   have those departments assigned to look after      Ongoing active advocacy for the need for social and affordable housing to assist us create a diverse
                                   these issues."                                     healthy community."

                                   "Stop pushing the idea that Council has to         "Possibly consider advocacy to review state housing acts and policies - could be an action/ working
                                   provide this housing. We don’t."                   group."
Other (population cap, actions     "Yes start releasing we should be capped and       "Yes. Apply a differential rating system on a sliding scale to penalise those owners who own more
outside of strategy actions)       not encouraging more people to live in a place     than one property in Noosa Shire. For every additional property owned above the primary place of
                                   like sardines."                                    residence, apply an increasing sliding scale of rates."

                                   "Noosa is an attractive place - people choose to   "Educate young people by having educational nights teaching about first home buyers grants
                                   come here. There will always be more demand        available on a state and federal level and coaching people on "how to enter the housing market."
                                   than supply. The more new social housing you
                                   put in place, the more will be the demand. This
                                   is self evident. At some point, a population cap
                                   will be the only solution."
Planning to support inland         "A limit on population density needs to be         "Rezone land in Hinterland for subdivision."
development                        considered. We do not have the infrastructure
                                   nor the space to cope with a large population."    "Some appropriate area of state forest close to town should be opened for housing development."


Community engagement               N/A                                                "Just to have continued public consultation on any changes in the future."

                                                                                      "Well maybe really take on board the outcomes of this survey, listen to the residents. There are some
                                                                                      extremely talented individuals living in this shire who have some great ideas so hopefully they
                                                                                      respond to this survey. It’s a small shire with the capacity to house so many families yet the council
                                                                                      wants to keep pushing boundaries."



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