CITY OF WHITTLESEA Affordable homes for all | 1 38 per cent of our residents experience rental stress, 24 per cent experience mortgage stress and at least 630 are homeless. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR ALL Victoria is experiencing a housing crisis. While the State Government has recently taken posive steps in addressing affordable housing much more needs to be done. This housing crisis means vulnerable people in our municipality do not have a safe and stable home. State-wide planning measures should be adopted that mandate and provide incenves for affordable housing. Take acon to break the cycle of homelessness by providing a housing and homelessness access point and outreach service in the City of Whilesea – approximately $600,000 p/a. Provide youth crisis accommodaon and youth housing services in the municipality. For example, fund the Hope Street First Response Youth Service in South Morang ($4.8M capital) and provide ongoing operaonal funding from the Specialist Homelessness Services Fund ($2.3M p/a). Invest in all types of affordable housing in the City of Whilesea from crisis accommodaon to affordable home ownership, and commit to using surplus State-owned land for affordable housing in our municipality, for example: • 323 McDonalds Road, Epping and • 995 Plenty Road, South Morang. Require all new affordable housing to comply with the Livable Housing Design Guidelines. Affordable housing should be quality built dwellings, appropriate for people of all life-stages and abilies. COMMITMENT 1 COMMITMENT 2 COMMITMENT 3 COMMITMENT 4 COMMITMENT 5 SEEKING FIVE COMMITMENTS
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CITY OF WHITTLESEA Affordable homes for all | 1
38 per cent of our residents experience rental stress, 24 per cent experience mortgage stress and at least 630 are homeless.
OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS
AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR ALLVictoria is experiencing a housing crisis. While the State Government has recently taken positive steps in addressing affordable housing much more needs to be done. This housing crisis means vulnerable people in our municipality do not have a safe and stable home.
• Werecognisethedefinitionofaffordablehousinginthe Planning and Environment Act 2-meaninghousing,including socialhousing,thatisappropriatefortheneedsofverylow to moderate income households and that is allocated to these households.
PlanningmeasuresinLondonincludea35percentthresholdforaffordablehousingattachedtoafasttrackincentiveregime.21SouthAustralianregulationsrequire15percentsocialandaffordablehousingforcertaindevelopments.Aproposed15percentthresholdismodest,reasonableandistheminimumnecessarytostartencouragingthescaleofaffordablehousingthatmeetsdemandinVictoria.22 A similar model to that in South AustraliashouldbeadaptedtotheVictoriancontextandinclude measures to ensure developments that are closetoservicesandinfrastructure.
householdscomparedwithGreaterMelbourne(1.3percentcomparedto2.6percent,respectively).7 There are over4,045applicantswaitingforsocialhousingontheVictorianHousingRegisterinnortheastMelbourne(Inc.Whittlesea,Nillumbik,DarebinandBanyule).61percentofthesepeoplehavepriorityaccessstatus.8
Commitmentone: State-wide planning measures should be adopted that mandate and provide incentives for affordable housing.
Commitmentfour:Invest in all types of affordable housing in the City of Whittlesea from crisis accommodation to affordable home ownership, and commit to using surplus State-owned land to provide affordable housing in our municipality.
ThefollowingsitesoffersasignificantopportunityfortheStateGovernmenttodeliveritspolicyinitiativeinHomes for Victorians on ‘Inclusionaryhousingtoincreasethesupplyofsocialandaffordablehousing’.
Figure1. Artist impression of developable site at 323 McDonalds Road, Epping
Commitmenttwo: Take action to break the cycle of homelessness by providing a housing and homelessness access point and outreach service in the City of Whittlesea
Commitmentthree:Provide youth crisis accommodation and youth housing services in the municipality. For example, fund the Hope Street First Response Youth Service in South Morang and provide ongoing operational funding from the Specialist Homelessness Services Fund.
Ourcommunityurgentlyneedsaspecialisedhousingandhomelessness service access point to be located in the municipality.Weestimatethatthecostoftheaccesspoint
files/Issues%20Paper%20-%20Ageing%20and%20Homelessness_for%20public_3.pdf7 Profile.id,City of Whittlesea, Housing Tenure,http://profile.id.com.au/whittlesea/tenure[accessedOctober2017].8 VictorianGovernmentDepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,VictorianHousingRegister,June2019,https://www.housing.vic.gov.au/victorian-housing-
register[accessedSep2019]9 AustralianBureauofStatistics,2049.0-CensusofPopulationandHousing:Estimatinghomelessness,2011.Factsheet: Domestic and Family Violence.http://abs.
10 CityofGreaterDandenongStatisticalDataforVictorianCommunities,citingCrimeStatisticsAgencyVictoria(2018),Number and Rate per 100,000 population of family incidents by Local Government Area, 1999-2018.https://www.greaterdandenong.com/document/18464/statistical-data-for-victorian-communities
11 VictorianStateGovernment,HomesforVictorian,DemandforServicesinWhittlesea,2015/2016[presentationslidesThursday26October2017]12 Profile.id,City of Whittlesea, Household income quartiles,https://profile.id.com.au/whittlesea/household-income-quartiles[accessedOctober2017].13 CityofWhittlesea,CommunityAttitudesandLiveabilitySurvey2018,Housingrelatedfinancialstress,page11314 Housing.id,CityofWhittlesea,Affordability & Availability,citingABSCensus2016 https://housing.id.com.au/whittlesea/affordability-and-availability15 VictoriaStateGovernment,DepartmentofHealthandHumanServices,Rental Report time series data, Affordable lettings by local government area - Dec 2018,
16 CityofWhittlesea,Homelessness Snapshot of Data,201817 CityofWhittlesea,2018,Human Services Needs Analysis: Includes Mernda Town Centre Needs Analysis 18 CouncilofHomelessnessPerson,FactsaboutHomelessness,http://chp.org.au/19 Everybody’sHome,HousingsolutionsforallAustralians,(2018)http://everybodyshome.com.au/20 Parity(2016),RespondingtoHomelessnessinouterMetropolitanAreas,Jarvis,A.Feature:RespondingtoHomelessnessinOuterMetropolitanAreas21 MayorofLondon,Homes of Londoners: Affordable Housing and Viability, Supplementary Planning Guidance 2017.https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/
files/ah_viability_spg_20170816.pdf[accessedOctober2017].22 GovernmentofSouthAustralia,RenewalSA,Affordable Housing, Developer Information Sheet 01: An overview of the Affordable Housing Process.https://
Commitmentfive:Require all new affordable housing to comply with the Livable Housing Design Guidelines. Affordable housing should be quality built dwellings, appropriate for people of all life-stages and abilities.