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

5.10 Community survey – other ideas to address housing challenges
   Theme                                              Negative                                                                        Positive / Neutral
Refer to /       "Leave the issue to the responsible forms of Government."                           "Research, learn, put in place from successful models that contribute to wellbeing.
lobby other                                                                                          Wellbeing is now part of Australia’s federal economic strategy. Partnership plan
levels of        "It's not up to Council. This is a Federal and State issue."                        with other branches of government to implement at local level, become a model."
Government
                                                                                                     "Work closely with the State; Coast2Bay; local community organisations; major and
                                                                                                     smaller developers; owners of properties in areas of interest eg: Junction."
Improve          "Exploit the Gympie region. drastically expand public transport as land in the      "Development opportunities are also community opportunities, enforce/ensure
services and     Gympie region is less scarce and generally much more affordable. Create a light     developments include adequate roads (we don't want to see another Aura/Harmony
infrastructure   rail to allow quick easy movement of people from outer areas of the region."        type mess) for example, community space including community gardens and youth
                                                                                                     drop in centres."
                 "Yes, Noosa is full, go inland towards Cooroy. There’s plenty of land elsewhere.
                 Just improve the public transport so they can move around."                         "Noosa is a vast geographical area and our current infrastructure is very costly for
                                                                                                     the size of the population - rethink high density developments - raising building
                                                                                                     hights to develop clusters close to all the amenities mentioned before."
Incentives       N/A                                                                                “Encourage property owners to long term rent their houses by giving rates discounts.
                                                                                                    This would encourage owners with empty properties to rent them out. It would also
                                                                                                    possibly encourage STA owners to change over to long term rental.”

                                                                                                    "Allow households to earn tax free dollars by providing a room for hospitality workers."

Lower /          "Noosa's Housing "challenge" is a misnomer. It is all of Australia's housing      "Increased support and priority given to lower income/single mothers etc when looking
control rent     prices and rentals that is of concern. Of course every second person in Australia for private rentals. Capping and monitoring landlord rental increases year on year."
                 would love to move to Noosa and have affordable, low cost housing prices and
                 rents in this subtropical, beachside setting. The Noosa Planning Scheme must      "if you can put restrictions on rent increases - we would not have this issue now."
                 be upheld and not watered down as this detailed "Housing Policy" would only
                 achieve. Noosa Council should concentrate on the job the Mayor and
                 Councillors were elected to do. The STA local law and fee collections must be
                 implemented asap. The Council has wasted a large amount money on this
                 "Housing Policy" which conflicts with the current Town Plan and would require
                 its amendment. Ratepayers and residents simply require our Mayor and
                 Councillors to simply get on with the important job of upholding our existing
                 Town Plan. We want Council to address the current problems of road
                 congestion and the existing loss of amenity occurring as a result of excessive
                 tourist numbers, yet Council continues to fund Tourism Noosa. A walk along the
                 Noosa National Park track is becoming unpleasant due to excessive visitors."

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