Local Housing Strategy for Sydney: Housing 9071, University of Sydney

This report provides a local housing strategy for Sydney, focusing on Rhodes East, given the anticipated rise in housing demand and limited supply. It analyzes the demographic and affordability indicators, housing tenure, and demand-supply trends. The strategy outlines objectives, including ensuring affordable housing alongside development in Central Sydney, supporting employment and growth, and providing opportunities for low to medium-income workers. It discusses planning strategies at the Commonwealth, state, and council levels, emphasizing mitigation for the loss of affordable housing and leveraging council resources. The implementation focuses on proposing mechanisms for producing affordable housing and streamlining management. The conclusion highlights the necessity of affordable housing in Sydney's outskirts to accommodate population growth and address housing ownership and youth joblessness, with the council needing to assess the social impact and account for the loss of low-cost houses. Desklib provides students access to a wide array of solved assignments and study resources.

Urban Planning

Introduction
This urban planning report is aimed to provide a
local housing planning for Sydney (Rhodes East)
under the constraint where the demand of the
housing is expected to rise in the coming days,
whereas supply is reserved.

Background information of local
government
Rhodes East
presently has
a little
populace
• 733 individuals as per census of 2011 and like middle ring
rural areas, its populace is maturing (Family & Community
service 2018).
Large number
of middle to
old person
• As per the census report of 2011, approximately 20 percent of
inhabitants were matured 65 or over, contrasted with under 15
percent over the LGA (Cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. 2018).
Segregated or
semi-detached
housing
• 75% of dwelling in Rhodes East are segregated homes, with
the rest of semi-detached or townhouse homes (Apo.org.au.
2018). There are no apartments or no units of high-end houses
or lofts in Rhodes East.

Vision statement
enhance the number
and percentage of the
affordable housing in
central Sydney.
Allowing better growth
and labour source to
the Sydney.
It is expected to
achieve 10,500
affordable rental house
mark by 2030, within
the LGA for better
future prospect.
Reduce youth housing
problems

Mission statement
Provide affordable housing as
the basic infrastructural
requirement to help sustainable
employment and growth as well
as efficient and, profitable
business in the City of Sydney
LGA.
Guarantee there are open doors
for low to medium pay workers
who work in Central Sydney to
live in the outskirt of Central
Sydney.
Guarantee that as development
happens in Central Sydney,
reasonable housing is given to
accommodate the expanded
interest for affordable housing
coming through a rise in the
population who have low to
moderate income.
Keep up a socially assorted
residential population that
illustrative of all salary bunches
in the City of Sydney.
Encourage opportunities to
government and housing service
providers to supply and work on
reasonable housing within the
LGA.

Housing needs & market analysis
Demograph
ic
indicators
Housing
tenure
Affordabilit
y indicators
Demand
and supply
indicators
Summary

Demographic indicators

Housing tenure

Affordability indicators
Gross
household
income:
Salaries
and
wages:

Demand and supply trend

Housing strategy
Housin
g
strateg
y
Objective
s
Plannin
g
strateg
y
Council
strateg
y

Objectives
Provide affordable
housing as the basic
infrastructural
requirement to help
sustainable
employment and
growth as well as
efficient and,
profitable business
in the City of Sydney
LGA.
Guarantee there are
open doors for low
to medium pay
workers who work in
Central Sydney to
live in the outskirt of
Central Sydney.
Guarantee that as
development
happens in Central
Sydney, reasonable
housing is given to
accommodate the
expanded interest
for affordable
housing coming
through a rise in the
population who have
low to moderate
income.
Keep up a socially
assorted residential
population that
illustrative of all
salary bunches in
the City of Sydney.
Encourage
opportunities to
government and
housing service
providers to supply
and work on
reasonable housing
within the LGA.