{"id":79116,"date":"2021-09-05T04:57:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T18:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=79116"},"modified":"2021-09-04T10:40:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T00:40:47","slug":"we-can-do-more-on-social-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/we-can-do-more-on-social-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"We can do more on social housing"},"content":{"rendered":"

-OPINION PIECE<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

BY MICHAELA SETTLE, MEMBER FOR BUNINYONG<\/strong><\/p>\n

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AT the age of 47, I was unemployed, newly separated with two young children in tow, and looking for a home. It was hard.<\/p>\n

A decade later, for anyone in the same situation, it\u2019s become even harder. There is a housing crisis in regional Victoria and it effects many more families and young people than you might think.<\/p>\n

The housing crisis is not just about homelessness. There are many layers to this issue.<\/p>\n

In Ballarat and across our region there are hundreds of people living under rental stress; defined as paying more than 30 per cent of your income to rent alone.<\/p>\n

In some places, there just aren\u2019t any places to rent.<\/p>\n

Fixing the housing affordability crisis demands innovative solutions. And I believe the answer lies in partnerships.<\/p>\n

Government will need to work with developers, local government and community housing groups to find the answers.<\/p>\n

Golden Plains Shire recently published research on housing affordability in the Shire.<\/p>\n

The research showed that in the 12 months to June 2020, less than one per cent of all rental listings would have been affordable for a household on a low income with Smythesdale and Bannockburn identified as having the highest rates of rental stress.<\/p>\n

The report identified only eight social housing properties in the whole Shire.<\/p>\n

State government and local council will need to work together to identify available land. And we can work with developers to make sure more affordable houses are being built.<\/p>\n

We may need to try out new ideas like inclusionary zoning which gives incentives to developers to build a proportion of houses in new estates that are more affordable like one and two-bedroom dwellings.<\/p>\n

It will always be important for government to support public housing and the Big Build is underway with recent house purchases in Sebastopol.<\/p>\n

But now is also the time to create new partnerships and new ideas because everyone deserves a roof over their head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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