2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

have so far enabled the identification by the Foundation of the following insights and issues for housing:

          Guidelines and standards need to be relevant, and support specific outcome objectives:
       -     AS 1428.1 has very little or no relevance to residential housing.
       -     A BCA Class 3 type development triggers AS 1428.1 for bathrooms and creates an institutional type
             bathroom.
       -     The LHDG Platinum Level does not provide all the necessary design requirements for someone with
             significant disability.

          Housing needs to be affordable in terms of construction and tenancy:
       -     Compliance with AS 1428 has a significant overall cost impact.

          Housing should be large enough to accommodate reasonable circulation but not so large that the cost
           becomes prohibitive.
          Housing should be universally designed to suit a range of people, and be adaptable in a cost-effective
           manner to suit individuals.
          Housing should be home-like, not institutional or commercial in appearance, layout and feel.
          Housing should be durable.
          Housing needs to be integrated in mainstream residential housing.
          Housing needs to be adaptable in a cost effective way, and not in the traditional method of compliance
           to AS 4299.

The Summer Foundation’s design approach for people with a significant disability includes the following values
or objectives:

          Appropriate for a diverse range of people – driven by the Universal Design Principles and Livable
           Housing Design Guidelines Platinum Level.
          Supports people to live with the greatest level of independence.
          Creates home environments rather than institutional environments.
          Supports family and friends to visit and the privacy to do this.
          Functional, durable, flexible and cost effective design.
          Possible to sell the property on the open market if required.




Implications for Housing
Noosa Shire currently has a relatively high proportion of people who need assistance with one or
more core activities including self-care, mobility and communication because of a long-term
health condition, disability or old age. Noosa Shire had 5.1% of its population in this category at
the 2011 census, compared with 4.4% on average in Queensland. This figure tends to be
correlated with age, although not exclusively so. However, this proportion could be expected to
continue to increase as the population further ages.

Tewantin reported the highest proportion of residents in need of assistance with a core activity
(8.1% or 862 residents) followed by Noosa North Shore (7.4% or 24 residents) (Figure 8).
Sunshine Beach to Peregian Beach (2.5% or 255 residents) and Cooroibah (2.6% or 46 residents)
had the lowest proportions.

Special accommodation in Noosa Shire for people with disabilities was found to be extremely
limited. These people can also be in low income groups. Of all the households on the Social
Housing Register, 80% were households where a member of the family has a disability.


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