Submission to the Wollongong Housing and Affordable Housing Options Paper

UDIA believes that applying an Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme under SEPP 70 in the Wollongong LGA (without providing additional incentives or upzoning) would increase the cost base of market housing. This would add to the pressure on housing affordability, rather than improve it.

UDIA supports an incentive-based approach to promote the development of Affordable Housing while also focussing on increasing supply for market housing, which will ease affordability pressures for everyone.