The new plan aims to address housing concerns by identifying the support of “infrastructure, design quality, and more social and affordable [homes]” as key priorities.
The Housing for All scheme is reportedly designed to shape future updates to the City of Sydney’s local strategic planning statement and local housing strategy.
Community consultation has helped shape the revised Housing for All scheme, which has been newly endorsed by the City of Sydney and released as an interim plan to the public, the council has announced. The scheme aims to employ a fresh approach to “housing supply, affordability and diversity.”
According to Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore AO, a draft of the plan, which was open for feedback in April this year , yielded a collective emphasis on “the need for more housing, alongside strong expectations that growth be carefully planned and supported by infrastructure.”
The proposed strategy received more than 1,680 responses.
“Around 65 percent of people responding supported more housing to accommodate Sydney’s growing population and improve housing choice,” a communique from the City of Sydney notes.
The Lord Mayor said, “Supporting infrastructure, design quality, and more social and affordable housing were cited as key priorities for creating more homes, as was protecting heritage and local character, good environmental outcomes and assurances that communities will remain involved in planning decisions.”
“[The resulting] interim plan provides a practical roadmap for the work we can undertake now while preparing for the next phase of strategic planning required by the NSW Government,” she added.
The interim plan now includes “progressing planning work in areas that received strong support for more housing, investigating opportunities on selected high streets, laneways and park-edge locations, and continuing advocacy for housing on underused NSW government land.”
Also within the plan is further promotion of “improved public transport connections, including light rail and metro services, as well as measures to support more affordable housing, social housing, housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, housing for renters and housing for people who require additional support.”
The Housing for All scheme is reportedly designed to shape future updates to the City of Sydney’s local strategic planning statement and local housing strategy.
The new terminal development is part of a larger multi-billion-dollar project aimed at merging flight services into “one central precinct.”
Delays come as the procurement process for the “Indigenous-designed, culturally responsive residential community” failed to advance.
