Social Housing Plan - Implementation Plan
Subsection four of Section one of our Social Housing Plan.
In order to implement the City of Greater Geelong Social Housing Plan it will be appropriate for the City to commit to the following tasks during 2020-2021.
| Strategy | Tasks | Outcomes | Resources | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership | Identify suitable persons and invite them to form the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee | Establishment of key advisory body for the City | Nil | Governance Strategy & Performance |
| Commission a Social Housing Communications Strategy for consideration and sign off by Advisory Committee | Agreed strategy for promoting the benefits of Social Housing and the City’s Social Housing Plan | $20 000 | Governance Strategy & Performance | |
| Investment | Identify 2 Council owned sites for Social Housing demonstration projects | Council resolution to develop sites as Social Housing | Value of sites | Planning Design & Development |
| Commission feasibility studies on the development of the sites | Documented good practice development model and identification of finance and subsidies required to develop | $100 000 | Customer & Corporate services | |
| Planning | Social and Affordable Housing Assessments | Social and Affordable Housing Assessment is prepared as part of Council initiated rezoning or PSP | Within Project Budget | Planning Design & Development |
| Amendment to Planning Scheme | Planning Scheme articulates the intent of the Social Housing Plan | Existing | Planning Design & Development | |
| Partnership | Meet with Minister for Housing & Planning to discuss Social Housing Plan and Council’s goal for Social Housing Agreement with Victorian government | Ministerial in-principle support for a partnership Agreement on growing social housing (including redevelopment of existing public housing). | Existing | CEO |
| Meet with the Director of Housing to discuss the scope of a Social Housing Agreement between Council and DOH | In-principle agreement on scope of agreement and process for negotiating details. | Existing | CEO’s Office | |
| Capacity Building | Engage lawyers to draft Trust Deed for the formation of Geelong Affordable Housing Trust for Council consideration | Adoption by Council and establishment of the Trust. | $25 000 | Governance Strategy and Performance |
| Engage lawyers to incorporate a company limited by guarantee to act as manager of the Geelong Affordable Housing trust | Approval by Council and incorporation of company | $25 000 | Governance Strategy and Performance | |
| Recruit 5-7 Council residents with the skills and experience to provide an effective Board of the Trust Manager | Appointment by Council of Board of Directors of Trustee | Internal | Governance Strategy and Performance |