… there are more people wanting this style of accommodation.’ Said that with the vested interest …
WHAT this really means is that AUSTRALIANS, as we know, have been priced out of HOME OWNERSHIP …
… by both the investment and property sectors … and money launderers …. and in order to live close enough to where they work it is proposed that AUSTRALIANS have to board, or become life-long tenants in Build-to-Rent schemes … that are not so affordable …
HOW IS THAT ON?
Residents in low rise residential areas on the Northern Beaches have formed a GROUP to fight back.
Say NO to Boarding Houses in Low Residential Areas on the Northern Beaches
WHY not do the same in your area to stop this before it starts? To forever change where you live ….
IMPORTANT! This is what the Group writes has happened:
‘ … due to current SEPP loopholes. Northern Beaches Council overwhelmingly voted for change on 27/2/18. They want affordable housing but they want to have a plan and the infrastructure in place to support any changes. ….
We are against Council’s Planning processes being by-passed.
We ARE against State Government Laws and Policy being exploited by opportunistic developers under the guise of affordable housing as “boarding house” applications.
OUR MISSION Our goal is to prevent Developers building what they term “boarding houses” under the State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 (AHSEPP).
These developments are not affordable and they are not traditional “boarding houses”. They are micro-apartments rented out at $450-500 a week for a term of 3 months. ‘
They are sold in 10 years for $500k each. They are built in quiet residential streets on R2 residential low density zoned blocks (that’s your next-door). They are 29 square feet. They can be built anywhere within 400 meters of a bus-stop on the Northern Beaches.
Parking is insufficient at 1 spot to 5 apartments. They don’t have enough green space. They don’t meet community needs and destroy quiet family streets.
Again they are NOT affordable.
OUR URGENT FOCUS To work with our Community, Council and the State Government to have the State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009 (AHSEPP) revised.
This is to ensure Developers don’t circumvent Council designated planning and process through appeal in the Land and Environment Court. … ‘
AND … view this article: ‘No more Monster Boarding Houses in R2 low density zones’
READ MORE!
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