2022-06-23 Special Meeting Agenda

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA                                                               23 JUNE 2022


2.   REPORTS


1    NOOSA SHIRE DRAFT HOUSING STRATEGY

Author           Rowena Skinner, Principal Strategic Planner
                 Environment and Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM / Subject / 13.06 Housing; 41.42 Noosa Plan 2020
                 ECM / Projects and Contracts / Amendments to Noosa Plan 2020

Attachments      1.    Draft Noosa Housing Strategy
                 2.    Consultation & Communications Plan
                 3.    Reference Group Charter


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Noosa Council has recognised the Shire as being gripped by a housing crisis, which is having a
significant social and economic impact on the community. In December 2021, Noosa Council
endorsed a Housing Needs Assessment (HNA), a comprehensive technical report on the context of
housing and households in Noosa Shire. That HNA, as well as other Council strategies and plans,
has informed the drafting of a Housing Strategy for the Shire of Noosa, now presented to Council for
endorsement for the purpose of community consultation.
The Housing Strategy seeks to set a clear plan for housing in Noosa Shire through to 2041 and
provides for regular monitoring and review to ensure our actions and interventions advance us
towards meeting the objectives therein, to enable housing choice, diversity and affordability to meet
the current and future needs of the community.
Underpinning the success of the strategy will be the need for strong partnerships with the State
Government, with Community Housing providers, private housing developers and with the Noosa
Community.
In essence, the Strategy seeks to ensure there is the right amount of housing, of the right type and
size, in the right place and with the right tenure, for our community.

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Principal Strategic Planner to the Special Meeting dated 23 June
2022 and
A.   Approve the Noosa Shire Draft Housing Strategy provided at Attachment 1 for the purpose of
     community engagement in accordance with the Consultation and Communications Plan
     provided at Attachment 2;
B.   Seek Noosa Shire community feedback on the draft Housing Strategy for a period of 3 weeks;
C.   Authorise the CEO to establish a Housing Refence Group to work with Council on the
     implementation of the Housing Strategy and a range of housing issues; and
D.   Appoint Cr Stewart – Mayor and Councillor Cr < > as the elected representatives to be on the
     Housing Reference Group.




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