2022-11-04 Special Meeting - Agenda Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Housing Strategy

2. Vision




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The vision is to create an inclusive Noosa community where everybody
has access to safe, secure housing they can afford.


Noosa Council is committed to:




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•   Facilitating different housing types and styles to ensure         •   Open dialogue and engagement with private developers,
    people’s housing needs are catered for, regardless of age,            builders, finance sectors and Community Housing Providers
    mobility, household structure or budget;                              that have clear long term interests in more affordable
                                                                          housing for rent;
•   Prioritising affordable living for key workers in those
    industries which Noosa economy relies on;                         •   Exploring rates concessions for properties owned or leased
                                                                          on a long-term basis by registered community housing
•   Facilitating housing outcomes specific to each local area
                                                                          providers for social or affordable housing
    considering the needs of that community even if this results in
    inequality of land use rights;                                    •   Exploring concessions on development costs (such as
•   Integrated and mixed housing for co-locating aged persons             application fees and infrastructure charges) on a pro-rata
    with other household structures (i.e. families);                      basis where a proportion of the development will be for long
                                                                          term social or affordable housing;
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    Ongoing engagement and advocacy with State and Federal
    governments in advancing social and affordable housing
    investment;
                                                                      •   Identifying ‘shovel ready’ housing projects that are suitable
                                                                          for State and/or Federal funding;

•   Encouraging greater public and private investment in more         •   Planning Scheme amendments and policy development
    social and affordable housing in the Shire;                           that support real change and outcomes for genuine social,
                                                                          affordable and inclusive housing; and
•   Partnering with registered Community Housing Providers and
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    other not for profit organisations whose mission aligns with      •   Community engagement models and tools that keep the
    the vision of the Noosa Council Housing Strategy, with the            Noosa community involved and supportive of activity and
    aim of providing more social and affordable housing;                  actions arising from the Noosa Housing Strategy.


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