2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

 Property           Tenure               Possibilities                   Logistics & Challenges
 Noosa Rd,                               accommodation for key           Subject to Native title. The
 Tewantin                                workers.                        heavily vegetated site includes
                                                                         biodiversity and habitat values of
                                                                         State significance. Accordingly
                                                                         there is considerable bushfire
                                                                         hazard, exacerbated by only one
                                                                         route in and out of the site.

 Unformed road      Council              Potential scope for some        Would be subject to a permanent
 reserve of         responsibility.      relocatable or temporary tiny   road closure and unlikely to
 Goodchap St                             houses.                         succeed.
 between Ernest
                                                                         Flood hazard area.
 St and Wallace
 Drive                                                                   Adjoining flying fox roost.

 North eastern      Council owned        Potential scope for some        Drainage line and riparian buffer.
 part of Lot 1      land leased to       relocatable or temporary tiny
 CP842778           Rugby Union          houses.
 between rugby
 union field and
 Bicentennial
 Drive Sunshine
 Beach

Aside from the above, not for profit organisations and community groups may have land holdings
which are not committed to any purpose in the short-term. While Council has commenced
conversations with these groups it is an area where ongoing assistance could be offered, including
assisting them with preliminary site analysis or design.
Further, there is existing public housing which is aged and represents significant under-utilisation of
the site it is on. This includes for example older low set flats where a 3 storey building is allowed for.
Advocating for State action to redevelop underutilised housing assets should be a high priority.
17.3         Delivery
The Housing Act 2003 allows for local governments to provide community housing and the
Queensland State Regulatory System for Community Housing (QSRSCH) is the system for
registering, monitory and regulating the local government community housing. There are at least 13
local governments in Queensland registered as housing providers, most of which are in more
regional and remote parts of the state, rather than the south east corner.


       Bundaberg Regional Council owns and operates two community housing complexes for
       seniors at Margaret Olsen Place Units in Bundaberg and the Kolan Centenary Seniors Village
       in Gin Gin.


       Southern Downs Regional Council manages 44 social housing tenancies across the region,
       primarily for local seniors aged 55 and over who are in receipt of an Aged or Disability
       pension. This consists of 34 Council managed tenancies funded under the Long-Term
       Community Housing Program in partnership with the State’s Department of Housing and
       Public Works. The other 10 are Council owned properties, managed along similar lines as
       the funded properties. The same eligibility criteria and rent policy apply. The Council
       maintains its own waitlist for these properties – i.e. applicants do not come from the DHPW
       Housing Register.




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