Page 1523 - Week 05 - Wednesday, 10 May 2017

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(v) encourage adaptable and affordable housing for persons in need of residential support or care; and

(vi) safeguard the amenity of surrounding residential areas against unacceptable adverse impacts including from traffic, parking, noise or loss of privacy;

(b) in 2005 an Assembly committee inquiry recommended the change to the definition of CFZ land to include “supportive housing”, for the aged and people with disability;

(c) a technical amendment in 2015 added “social housing” as an example under supportive housing;

(d) the Planning and Development Act restricts the use of a technical amendment to clarifications of language that do not change the substance of the Territory Plan;

(e) plans for public housing in some suburbs are proceeding without a clear understanding in the community of the difference between social housing and supportive housing; and

(f) the use of CFZ land for housing, public or private, except supportive housing as outlined in the 2005 change to the definition, is inappropriate and inconsistent with community expectations; and

(2) calls on the ACT government to:

(a) cease development or construction of any new social or public housing on CFZ land, except where specifically for aged or disability housing;

(b) list any instances where public or social housing has been built on CFZ land (except where specifically for aged or disability housing);

(c) outline clearly whether the 2015 technical amendment has significantly changed the Territory Plan;

(d) provide a definition of “social housing” and “supportive housing” to the Assembly, and outline where in legislation these definitions appear;

(e) explain to ACT residents why CFZ land is being used for residential purposes;

(f) explain to the Assembly and to the wider community why residents are losing access to land that was intended to provide them with suburban community facilities;

(g) provide to the Assembly a list outlining all CFZ land that is currently being considered for public housing developments in the future; and

(h) report back to the Assembly on these matters by the first sitting day in June 2017.

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