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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA 23 JUNE 2022
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA 23 JUNE 2022
ATTACHMENT 2
Consultation & Communication Plan — Housing Strategy
Strategic Approach
Noosa Council considers suitable Housing for its community is one of the greatest
challenges facing our community. Council is seeking to address this challenge,
preparing a Draft Housing Strategy, which outlines key issues and a range of actions
to address these issues.
The Noosa Council Social Justice Charter (2018) states that Council is committed to
implementing policies and providing services that decrease inequity and promote
inclusiveness. Part of this is seeking an accessible, diverse community where there are
affordable and available places for people to live.
Affordable Housing remains a key State Government responsibility, but Council and the
community can determine its own destiny. To ensure Noosa Shire continues to prosper and
thrive as an inclusive community, Council is seeking to work with all sectors of the community
to help tackle the housing crisis within the shire.
Objectives
- To explain the extent and risks of the housing crisis in our community and some of the
(local) contributing factors
- To heighten awareness of the connection between unmet housing need and—
© social sustainability;
© economic sustainability; and
o local quality of life
- To “demystify” and quell the stigma attached to social housing and affordable housing by
personalising it through real life scenarios and messaging from prominent community
members
- Increase awareness of the work of Community Housing Providers
- Encourage residents to consider how they could contribute to the solutions (such as
renting out spare rooms or the downstairs flat)
- To obtain targeted feedback from those directly involved in delivering housing outcomes
and use their support in communication
- Gather ideas from the community about where and how housing choice can be delivered.
Barriers & Opportunities
There are often fears from residents and local businesses/organisations about what changes
social and affordable housing might mean for their neighbourhood. These fears are often
based on misguided information regarding a project’s impact. Our communications should
seek to address some of these misconceptions.
“Social housing introduces the “Couldn't it go in Nambour,
wrong element” Yandina, Gympie?”
“This is the State’s Responsibility — “lf my neighbourhood includes
swim in your own lane!” ‘affordable housing’ then my
property value must drop”
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