The Hodgman Liberal Government is releasing more land for affordable housing with the first set of Housing Land Supply Orders ready to be tabled in Parliament.
A key action identified from the Housing Summit earlier this year, this new process under the Housing Land Supply Act 2018 will speed up the supply of affordable housing around the State by fast tracking the rezoning of surplus government owned land.
The land identified in the first Orders will be used for a mix of social and affordable housing options, and we will continue to work to identify more land in high demand areas around Tasmania to increase the supply of affordable housing.
Once rezoning has been completed, Housing Tasmania will get to work on subdividing the land and any necessary development applications to make the land ready for more homes to be built.
The first set Orders under our new legislation includes sites in Devonport, West Moonah and Rokeby and has the potential to yield between 40 – 50 subdivision lots with potential for multiple dwellings on these lots.
These parcels of land for rezoning are just one part of the Hodgman Liberal Government’s multipronged approach to addressing affordable housing across Tasmania, and is in addition to our current Affordable Housing Action Plan, where we are on track to assist over 1,600 additional households by June 2019, including new supply of 941 affordable lots and homes.
Our targets for include:
- Triple the number of new affordable houses by 2025.
- Sustain home ownership rates of 5% above the national average
- A 25% increase in people employed in the building and construction sector over the next five years.
See all of our targets at: https://www.tas.liberal.org.au/sites/default/files/BuildingYourFuture.pdf
