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

Table 16. Homelessness Category for Households on Social Housing Register, By Location,
Noosa Shire, 2015

Location                            Homeless Category           Unspecified            Total

                               A            B           C

CRYA Cooran, Cooroy             5           3           7             27                42

NHSA Noosa Heads,               5           2           15            28                50
Noosaville

SHBA Sunrise Beach,             2           0           0             7                  9
Sunshine Beach

TEWA Tewantin                   3           1           9             24                37

Total                          15           6           31            86                138

Notes: Location refers to the preferred location of public housing. A = Homeless Category A; B = Homeless
Category B; C = Homeless Category C; As defined in notes to Table 12.
Source: Noosa Shire Council 2016a (Department of Communities Data)

Of the 138 households waiting for public housing, 1 household had been waiting since 1999 (1%),
7 households since between 2000-2004 (5%), 19 households since between 2005-2009 (14%), 86
households since between 2010-2014 (62%), and 25 households had joined the waiting list in
2015 (up to September 2015) (18%) (Table 14). The table shows that there can be long waits for
public housing.

Table 17. Year of Application for Households on Social Housing Register, By Location,
Noosa Shire, 2015

Location                                             Year of Application                                   Total

                       1995-        2000-   2005-       2010    2011       2012   2013       2014   2015
                       1999         2004    2009

CRYA Cooran,              1           0         4           1     2         0      5           16    13     42
Cooroy

NHSA Noosa                0           3         9           0     6         6      10          11    5      50
Heads, Noosaville

SHBA Sunrise              0           1         1           0     0         3      0           2     2      9
Beach, Sunshine
Beach

TEWA Tewantin             0           3         5           1     5         4      6           8     5      37

Total                     1           7         19          2    13        13     21           37   25     138

Notes: Location refers to the preferred location of public housing.
Source: Noosa Shire Council 2016a (Department of Communities Data);


3.2.2    Community Housing, Transitional Housing, and Emergency Housing
At 30 June 2016, the Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works identified 21
community housing tenancies in Noosa Shire (Queensland Government 2016f). Consultation with
various service providers identified a limited stock of transitional and emergency housing.




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