UDIA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft Affordable Housing Strategy, to which we provided insights early in the scoping process through your consultants on the Strategy, HillPDA.
Industry is increasingly responding to playing a more active role in delivering Affordable Housing. As a result, we do hope that SCC can move quickly once this Strategy is finalised to deliver a clear, unambiguous policy that provides industry with realistic expectations of their future requirements for Affordable Housing, which is supplemented by providing effective incentives.
We would strongly encourage SCC to consider Wollongong City Council’s recently exhibited Affordable Housing Policy, particularly noting the long transition period and phased-in approach which industry supported.
In relation to this Draft Strategy, UDIA has limited its comments to [6] of the actions which are directly relevant to our members. Our full submission can be found at the download link below