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AFFORDABLE HOUSING Council Based Projects Matters to consider in response to EOI Council Parameters Indicate the location of your Council  Metropolitan – Inner/Middle Ring 

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? 

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? 

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: o

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