NOOSA HOUSING STRATEGY - 12 MONTH UPDATE · ATTACHMENT 1 Update on Housing Strategy Actions

     • Review provisions for relocatable        and some have already been exploring option for inclusion of a small
       home parks to allow for small            number of tiny homes.
       groupings of tiny homes.
                                                Council has just supported Better Together in an information session to
                                                raise local awareness of the benefits of shared living amongst women over
                                                55.

22   Advocate to the Federal Government         The Federal Government is currently developing a National Housing and          Continue to monitor the project and advocate on housing issues and
     for a National Housing Strategy in         Homelessness Plan. The Plan will be a 10-year strategy to inform future        homelessness.
     recognition of the extent of the housing   housing and homelessness policy in Australia. An Issues Paper was
     crisis.                                    released for comment in August. The Sunshine Coast Homelessness and
                                                Housing Network (of which Council is a member) made a submission.

23   Advocate to the State and Federal          Council advocated for more State Investment in Housing in Noosa Shire. In      Continue to support the Department of Housing in progressing the delivery of new
     Governments for additional investment      response to this earlier this year the State purchased over 2,500m2 of land    social housing in Noosa Shire.
     in social housing delivery as per the      in central Tewantin for the development of social housing. It is anticipated
                                                                                                                               Continue to advocate to the State to sensitively advance better use of under-
     State Housing Strategy and the charter     this will yield some 30 residential units.
                                                                                                                               occupied social housing.
     of the National Housing Finance and
                                                An additional house was purchased by the State for social housing in
     Investment Corporation.
                                                Cooroy.
     In light of the Queensland Budget
     2022-23 identifying $35.2 million for
     social housing on the Sunshine Coast,
     advocate for at least $6 million of that
     to be spent on social housing in Noosa
     Shire; or $40 million over a 5 year
     period.

24   Work with the State Government to          The proposed planning scheme amendments seek to improve the efficiency         Advance the proposed planning scheme amendments to community consultation
     review the zoning of State owned           of some old low density public housing by facilitating redevelopment as        in 2024.
     housing properties (and other              modern apartments according to the social housing design guides,
                                                                                                                               Continue to advocate to the State to sensitively advance better use of under-
     uncommitted properties) to determine if
                                                Council staff have sought to encourage the Housing Department to               occupied social housing and to redevelop underutilised sites.
     there are any appropriate for a higher
                                                redevelop sites already zoned or with potential to accommodate a greater
     density zoning or redevelopment for                                                                                       Continue to encourage and support the delivery of social housing through
                                                number of dwellings, built to more appropriate modern standards of
     housing.                                                                                                                  Community Housing Providers and others, making use of capital investment grants
                                                liveability, accessibility and sustainability.
                                                                                                                               currently available.
     Advocate to the State for
                                                At least one local Community Housing Provider would seem close to
     redevelopment of existing older
                                                achieving a substantial capital investment grant from the State to construct
     housing which represents an
                                                social housing dependant on Council owned land becoming available.
     underutilisation of the site.
     Advocate for the delivery of social
     housing in the most expedient manner
     whether that be by the State or through
     private/community sector with capital
     grants from the State