Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns
Securing affordable housing in rural and remote towns
Social Work in Rural Australia
- Author(s): Bay, Uschi, Jenkins, Yvonne
- Secondary Author(s): Maidment, Jane, Bay, Uschi
- Published: 2012
- Publisher: Routledge
- ISBN: 9781003117278
Abstract: High rates of non-permanent residents have implications for securing funding for ongoing education, health and other social services in these areas. The costs of land, size of land, planning rules and costs of linking amenities to land for residential development can make private developers and investors reluctant to invest in housing in various rural, regional and remote areas. In rural, remote and regional settlements, there are various significant impediments to housing supply, both for the private rental market and home ownership. Government policies have a critical role to play in rural, remote and regional housing, and the impact of these policies over time has at times been positive, negative or both. Regional, rural and remote housing availability and affordability are impacted by the diversity of geography, recent housing changes like the resources boom, the sea- and tree-change phenomenon, rapid rises in housing prices and the slow and low level of wage rises in relation to accommodation costs.