The Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Housing Taskforce has released a submission outlining the importance of partnering with councils in housing planning and development.
The submission states that councils possess invaluable insights into local needs and will oversee the ongoing management of these areas long after developers and builders have moved on, making them integral partners in the process.
The MAV Housing Taskforce emphasises housing targets must extend beyond mere numbers to encompass diversity and quality. Effective housing targets should address an ecosystem of housing types – private, social, affordable, and key worker housing – catering to various life stages and circumstances. This approach ensures that communities are not only built but are built inclusively and sustainably.
MAV President, David Clark, said that the submission continues the organisations call for a more comprehensive consideration of housing imperatives than the traditional focus on supply alone.
“Adequate housing should also account for location, choice, diversity, quality, and accessibility to essential social and physical infrastructure,” Cr Clark said.
“These factors are crucial for creating high-quality, liveable environments and cannot be achieved by merely pursuing supply targets.
“Planning decisions extend beyond the realm of housing supply, influencing community-building aspects such as open space, employment, transport infrastructure, and social and health facilities.”
The MAV Housing Taskforce proposes that ‘right supply’ targets can be leveraged to provide affordable housing by capturing private development value through pre-defined, quantitatively established affordable housing contributions.
Read the full submission at the MAV website.
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