AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Council Based Projects
Matters to consider in response to EOI
Council Parameters
Indicate the location of your Council
 Metropolitan – Inner/Middle Ring
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Metropolitan – Outer Ring
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Regional gateway/growth centre
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Peri Urban
Council Specific Parameters that are impacting on affordable housing
 Population – growth - is there high demand for housing/affordable housing in your
area?
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Population – what are the demonstrable needs which are impacting on the
affordability of housing in your area? E.g ageing population, desire to attract key
workers, young people and/or families.
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Is your Council in an Economic Growth/Gateway area and what impacts does that
have for housing?
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Are there infill site/s available?
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Are there greenfield site/s available?
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What current Housing SA properties are in your area? – Do you have Housing SA
areas scheduled for renewal?
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What is your Council’s previous experience with Innovative housing design and
developments?
Proposal Issues
Development activity in Council area
 Has your Development Plan been recently reviewed or is it undergoing/to undergo
review? Does this take into account the requirements for affordable housing?
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Development approval process – Has your Council experienced bottlenecks in the
process? Is there a process in place to be able to test apparent bottlenecks, and
make improvements to the development assessment process?
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Will the proposed project work on or assist in developing improvements to the
turnaround time/coordination of referrals to State Government agencies?
Infrastructure Provision Issues
 Will the proposal lead to improvements in the coordination of Local and State
Governments along with utilities/other for provision or renewal infrastructure and
services eg roads, lighting, electricity/gas, schools, community services?
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Will the proposal seek to improve Local Government infrastructure provision – i.e.
hard infrastructure provision such as roads, footpaths etc
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Will the proposal impact on other infrastructure provided by Local Government - i.e.
libraries, recreation facilities, parks etc?
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Will the Proposal assist in State Government planning and provision for other
infrastructure- i.e. schools, health, policing etc?
Relationship with State Government
 Will the proposal assist in collaborative planning with State Government in the
following areas:
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Planning – PAR priority setting /fast tracking PAR amendments
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Planning SA/Local Government – clarifying apparent bottlenecks and
developing improvements
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Housing SA – working cooperatively on renewal projects from planning to
delivery