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Building Communities: A Social Entrepreneur's Journey in Solving Homelessness
By creating vibrant communities where everyone has a sense of belonging and opportunity, we can make meaningful progress toward ending homelessness once and for all.
Together, let's continue to innovate, collaborate, and advocate for change. Because when we invest in our communities, we're investing in a brighter future for us all.
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Community building is more than just a buzzword, it's a powerful tool in tackling homelessness and supporting those in need.Join us for an inspiring conversa...Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
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Can we learn from Britain's successes in affordable rental housing
The shift to not-for-profit housing associations continued after Labour took government in 1997. Smaller and locally based, housing associations were seen as more agile than councils, more attentive to tenants’ needs and better aligned with Tony Blair’s “Third Way.”
These arguments are familiar in Australia, where the not-for-profit, or “community,” sector is also growing. The Community Housing Industry Association’s chief executive, Wendy Hayhurst, recently urged the Albanese government to direct all the proceeds from its $30 billion Housing Australia Future Fund to her sector rather than do the “easy thing” and divvy the money up among community, state and private providers.
Hayhurst argued that community housing scores better on ratings of quality and resident satisfaction, a claim supported by the Productivity Commission’s most recent Report on Government Services. With its charitable status, the community sector is exempt from GST, land tax and stamp duty, which Hayhurst says enables it to build more houses for any given amount of money than state governments or businesses can.The elusive quest for decent homes • Inside Storyhttps://insidestory.org.au/the-elusive-quest-for-decent-homes/Not-for-profit associations are taking over as providers of affordable rental housing. What can Australia learn from Britain, where the trend is well advanced?Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Yes, people with homes will be upset, but if it expedites the building of Affordable Housing, It is time called!McGowan government to strip power from WA councils under major planning law changeshttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-22/wa-government-planning-laws-local-government/102008212West Australian property developers will be able to circumvent local councils and access new infrastructure funding in major changes to planning laws designed to speed up the construction of thousands of apartments.Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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John Sheridan reacted to this post about 1 year agoMortgage prisoners trapped by negative equity are renting out their homes
First home buyer Nilesh Shukla also just had his rent hiked.
It was around $500 a week and increased to $700 for his property near Sydney's Olympic Park.
"We have opened our borders. And because of that the demand has increased," he notes.
"And with the increase in demand, getting a rental is also difficult. Honestly speaking."
And that may just push him to buying a home instead as it would be the same in mortgage repayments, as long as the agent is willing to "negotiate".This tiny apartment was going to sell at a loss. Instead it's up for rent at $370 a weekhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/mortgage-prisoner-owners-rent-out-properties-negative-equity/101916956Home owners struggling with their mortgages who cannot sell because they are in negative equity are starting to turn to the booming rental market to avoid default.Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
John Sheridan reacted to this post about 1 year agoGreen Square, 4km from the airport, is the focus of a major urban renewal project.
City West’s plans for the site, which is residual land from the creation of the Ashmore Connector East Road, include 275 apartments across two buildings of nine and 11 storeys building with communal open space, basement level carparking and space for retail or commercial tenancies on the ground floor.
If approved, the development will offer a GFA of 25,270sq m with 23,467sq m of that set aside for affordable rental housing and 1599sq m for retail or commercial tenancies.
The proposed nine-storey building on the southern boundary of the site has a stepped design while the 11-storey building would front the eastern boundary.
City West Housing will undertake a design competition when and if the application is been approved. Once a design has been chosen, another more detailed development application will be submitted for planning approval.City West Files Affordable Housing Project for Alexandriahttps://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/330-botany-road-alexandria-green-square-city-west-sydney-affordable-housing-plans-filedA site a couple of doors down from Sydney’s Green Square has been earmarked for a potential affordable housing project by City West Housing…Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
John Sheridan reacted to this post about 1 year agoThis household profile depicts rental affordability for all dwellings with household incomes varying by city as shown below.
The average annual incomes for each city in Q2, 2022 are:
Greater Sydney: $115,000
Rest of NSW: $85,000
Greater Melbourne: $105,000
Rest of VIC: $80,000
Greater Brisbane: $100,000
Rest of QLD: $90,000
Greater Adelaide: $85,000
Rest of SA: $75,000
Greater Perth: $100,000
Rest of WA: $105,000
Greater Hobart: $85,000
Rest of TAS: $70,000
ACT: $125,000
https://www.sgsep.com.au/maps/rai/australia-rental-affordability-index-nov22-official/Rental Affordability Index - SGS Economics & Planninghttps://www.sgsep.com.au/maps/rai/australia-rental-affordability-index-nov22-official/Rental Affordability IndexPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
Sentinel Puts Foot on Gold Coast Site for Queensland Build-to-Rent Debut
US-based build-to-rent giant Sentinel is on the march, putting its sizeable foot on its first Queensland site in a strategic move for some northern exposure in the Australian market.
In a significant move for the emerging asset class, it has swooped on a 1.44ha development site at Robina on the Gold Coast in a deal believed to be worth close to $20 million.
The acquisition of the development-ready parcel at 5-8 Stadium Drive—next to one of Queensland’s biggest sporting arenas—heralds not only Sentinel’s debut in the Sunshine State but the first purpose-built institutional build-to-rent play on the Gold Coast by one of the sector's powerhouse platforms.
The Gold Coast became home to Australia’s first large-scale build-to-rent community, The Smith Collective, with the transition of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Locally-based Homecorp Property Group also has been an early adopter of the build-to-rent model.
Sentinel plans to deliver and manage about 300 rental apartments across the planned development, which will target carbon neutral certification and a 5-Star Green Star rating.
https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sentinel-build-to-rent-gold-coast-queensland-debut?[+] Sentinel Puts Foot on Gold Coast Site for Queensland Build-to-Rent Debuthttps://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sentinel-build-to-rent-gold-coast-queensland-debutIn this exclusive report, we reveal that US build-to-rent giant Sentinel is the buyer of a substantial site near one of south-east Queensland’s biggest stadiums and is preparing plans for its debut in the Sunshine State...Post is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream. -
John Sheridan reacted to this post about 1 year agoOverall, though, Holleran is sympathetic to the YIMBY view that “building nothing is not an option.” He points out that hyperlocalism can provide cover for “latent racism and an unwillingness to share space and resources with others.”
In San Francisco and Austin, planning controls and rising real estate prices have coincided with a rapid decline in the cities’ African-American population. Rather than “devolved decision-making” he would back the YIMBY call for city-, region- or even nationwide planning that de-emphasises the interests of individual homeowners and enables rational infrastructure and a fairer sharing of the costs and benefits of urban growth.Building nothing is not an option • Peter Mareshttps://insidestory.org.au/building-nothing-is-not-an-option/An urban sociologist probes the strengths and weaknesses of the “yes in my backyard” movementPost is under moderationStream item published successfully. Item will now be visible on your stream.
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