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The Government’s plans to allow granny flats of up to 60sqm to be built without resource consent will give people more flexibility to build on their own whenua. This flexibility will provide more housing, whether for extended family or to rent, and cut a lot of red tape away from the process, enabling more housing to be built that meets people’s needs.   However, infrastructure constraints such as access to services, must be considered when making this change in policy, and families should be given support throughout the process, to ensure that the homes are fit for purpose. Some people are better equipped than others to take on a development and the risks of building something new. There should be strong support mechanisms in place for people who are taking on a housing project for the first time, or need their hands held to enable additional housing on their land, to guarantee the best outcome for all involved. https://lnkd.in/g487nQmq

What's happening with the high-rise #PublicHousing towers in #Melbourne? 🏢 #DidYouKnow the Melbourne high-rise public housing towers were originally built between the 1960s and mid-1970s as part of a massive slum reclamation infrastructure project? Since then, they have become home to thousands of tenants, including a large proportion of residents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Despite their vital role as affordable dwellings associated with relatively secure tenure, the towers have endured decades of relative neglect by the public landlord, and have been at 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 in recent years of being captured by the Victorian Government's ever-broadening plans for public housing renewal. This threat was realised in September 2023, when the 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 '𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩' 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝟒𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟓𝟏.   The announcement, which blindsided many residents, has led to widespread confusion and distress and sparked concerns about the nature of the Victorian Government's engagement with and regard for public tenants. Shortly after the announcement, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬. Full explainer available here: https://lnkd.in/gYwfPw-P

Adams looks to build 24 affordable housing developments on 24 public sites across NYC: Mayor Eric Adams announced a new housing initiative, "24 in 24," during his State of the City address, aiming to tackle New York City's housing crisis. This plan involves developing 24 affordable housing projects on city-owned properties across all five boroughs, potentially creating and preserving over 12,000 affordable apartments. Key sites include 388 Hudson Street in Greenwich Village, Hunters Point South Parcel E in Long Island City, a parking lot in Inwood, and the Grand Concourse Library in the Bronx. The initiative is a collaboration between the city's Housing, Preservation and Development, the New York City Housing Authority, and the Economic Development Corporation. Additionally, Adams plans to reopen the NYCHA voucher waitlist, closed since 2009, with the goal of issuing 1,000 vouchers per month. He also proposed the creation of the Tenant Protection Cabinet to support tenants and coordinate city agency efforts. Moreover, Adams urged the City Council to approve his "City of Yes for Housing Opportunity" proposal to update restrictive zoning rules and allow for more housing development. This proposal is under public review, emphasizing a proactive approach to housing and tenant protection in New York City. #NYCHousingInitiative #24in24 #AffordableHousing #MayorEricAdams #CityOfYes #HousingCrisisSolution #TenantProtection #NYCHA Contact me to discuss the latest scoop in real estate! #manhattanrealtor #brooklynrealtor #queensrealtor #bronxrealtor #westchesterrealtor #nyrealtor #nycrealtor #realtist #nyrealestate #douglasellimannewyork

Interesting to read about the challenges and progress in affordable housing in Los Angeles. The piece from CalMatters sheds light on the ongoing efforts and the importance of addressing housing affordability issues. Let's continue the conversation and work towards creating more accessible housing options for everyone in our community. https://lnkd.in/g_Pzwtce #AffordableHousing #LosAngeles #CommunityDevelopment

My instincts tell me this will neither significantly impact on the housing crisis or assist the diversification of town and city centres. From my work with small and medium-sized towns or city neighbourhoods, a better impact would be made by ensuring new edge of town developments are walkable and bikeable to town centres. Or is that a different issue? Not forgetting what imperatives can be added to the likes of approaches like that of Aberdeen to bringing empty floors over shops back into use? Happy to be informed otherwise. #citycentre #towncentre #housingcrisis #highstreets

Affordable multi-family housing can be a complex issue. Here are some of the factors facing Metro Phoenix's affordable housing crisis: https://ow.ly/1fEZ50Qw0f2 #multifamily #affordablehousing #markettrends #phoenixrealestate

The 3 A's of Affordable housing. I'm not trained as a planner but as a 30 yr building official veteran and former manager, I've have seen the good the bad and the ugly when it comes to zoning as most building officials do zoning checks and work on oversite of variances and development permits during the plan reviews and site inspections. I wish BO's could have more input into all the changes facing us in trying to create more "affordable" housing - I really feel we could add value to the process. Currently finishing up Strong Towns latest book - Escaping the Housing Trap. Although US centric, it has opened my eyes to the mess the north American housing industry has developed into - and how to possibly get out of it from the bottom up. In the book they outline big "A" and little "a" affordable housing initiatives with big A being the types of projects led out by BC Housing and local government land use partnerships - the "5 over 1" model. The little "a" narrows down to infill and small projects - duplexes, suites, ADU's, which reduces the negative impacts for infill housing with trying to jam in multi-unit buildings on a former single family that could be marked the middle -Aa- and is going to see a lot of resistance and may prove challenging in existing neighbourhoods and hitting margins for developers. The little "a" also touches on greater allowance for home owners to take on the redevelopment of their own properties - which has it's own challenges for local government staff. Anyway its a good read, especially if you like learning about the financial side of things. Also curious to know if builders and developers really want to see "over-building" to help drive down housing costs - that does not seem like a good financial business plan on their end. #affordable housing #boabc #localgovernment https://lnkd.in/gzH9YxSz

"New state legislation like Senate Bill 4 has streamlined developing affordable housing on church-owned properties by overriding local zoning restrictions and expediting the permitting process." These projects are proof that with deepened investments to create and preserve affordable housing, prevent homelessness, and strengthen protections, we can change the landscape of affordable housing for the region. Read the full story below👇

Reforming SIPP Pension rules, to enable the upper parts of buildings owned in SIPP’s (which are often vacant flats! ) to be let for residential use This reform would enable thousands of vacant flats to be let as affordable homes, within 3 months and many more to be created, from typically void upper parts within a year Most of this, would not require public funding as adaptation works and repairs, could be financed from pension savings

We are taking part in a new Commission to tackle England’s housing shortage.   Dame Kate Barker CBE, who has undertook landmark inquiries into housing supply and land use planning, will head up the Commission on behalf of think tank, Radix Big Tent with our living sector legal experts supporting the initiative.   The Commission will aim to make recommendations to the government soon after the anticipated General Election – addressing a range of distinct, but connected issues, including:   - Freeing up more land for development - Role of specialist housing, for example for students and older people - Approaches to sustainability - Ensuring affordability   Commenting on the Commission, Lisa Tye, partner and living sector co-head at Shoosmiths 📢   “Housing is already shaping up to be a key battleground for parties in the lead up to the general election. There have been vows to ‘choose the builders, not the blockers’, relax restrictions around commercial-to-residential conversions, and prioritise brownfield development. Much of this has been heard before, with big promises, but little delivery.   “It is vital that we move away from politicising housing delivery and provision. The message is simple – we need to build more quality, sustainable and mixed-tenure homes, boosting residential supply and choice across England and the rest of the UK. This Commission seeks to unite experts from across the real estate industry to put forward a range of recommendations for the government and policymakers to consider and act upon.”   Taking part in the commission: Dame Kate Barker CBE (chair), Lord Richard Best, Richard Blyth (Royal Town Planning Institute), Paul Brocklehurst (Land, Planning and Development Federation), Tom Chance (Community Land Trust Network), Rick de Blaby (Get Living), Melissa Mean (WeCanMake), Alexandra Notay (Thriving Investments), Elsie Owusu OBE (Society of Black Architects), Vicky Pryce and Ben Rich (Radix Big Tent ), Jackie Sadek (Urban Strategy), Andrew Taylor FRTPI (Vistry Group), Doreen Wright (A2Dominion Group and Lisa Tye (Shoosmiths).   Read more: https://lnkd.in/e4Ae6fdk   #GeneralElection #Housing #RealEstate