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Housing Services Southern Junction’s Affordable Housing Strategy Southern Junction Community Services recognises that access to appropriate and affordable housing is a critical local, state and national issue.
Southern Junction‘s Affordable Housing Strategy As a regionally-based, community service organisation, Southern Junction recognises that the significant escalation of mortgage and rental payments is an unbearable impost upon people who are already economically and socially disadvantaged in the southern suburbs of Adelaide and the Fleurieu Peninsula. Southern Junction is actively working with key State Government agencies including the Affordable Housing Innovations Unit, builders, financial institutions and philanthropic groups to build affordable housing that can be made available for less than 75% of private market rates. In recent years, Southern Junction has taken steps to expand its housing options, in order to respond to the identified needs of people on low income and the ever-increasing demand for affordable housing in the southern region. Southern Junction has initiated strategies including:
[TOP] Active Communities ~ Affordable Housing Project at Seaford Meadows Southern Junction Community Services is constructing six two-bedroom units at Seaford Meadows which are expected to be completed by April 2008. These units will provide affordable, long-term rental accommodation for people on low incomes who are looking to settle into the emerging Seaford Meadows community. We would be pleased to accept Expressions of Interest from any eligible members of the public for this future Affordable Housing Projects or vacancies in our Community Housing Association properties. Through an exciting Corporate/Community Partnership, Southern Junction will be establishing a Neighbourhood House in the beautiful new Seaford Meadows community. This community facility will provide a focus for the development of a healthy, inclusive community. Activities are expected to include community BBQ’s, coffee mornings, play groups, etc. [TOP] Applying for Affordable Housing with Southern Junction To apply of Affordable Housing with Southern Junction, we ask that you complete our three step application process
Alternatively, phone our Junction Centre office on 8392 3000 and one of our staff members will be able to assist you. [TOP] A Call to Action by national Affordable Housing Summit “Affordable housing is crucial to a country and its people. Without it, people are impoverished, families and communities eroded, jobs lost, the economy weakened, and the environment damaged. “Affordable housing” must be reasonably adequate in standard and location for a lower- or middle-income household. It also must not cost so much that the household is unlikely to be able to meet other basic living costs on a sustainable basis. It may be private housing which is occupied by owner/purchasers or tenants, or it may be rental housing provided by public housing agencies or non-profit organisations. Problems of unaffordable housing have worsened alarmingly since the mid-1990s: · average house prices relative to income have almost doubled; · average monthly payments on new loans have risen by more than 50%; · the proportion of first homebuyers has fallen by about 20%; · the proportion of low-rent homes has fallen by at least 15%; · opportunities to rent public housing have fallen by at least 30%. As a result, at least three-quarters of a million lower-income households are paying housing costs above the commonly accepted affordability benchmark of 30% of their income. In addition, many households have had to accept unsuitable housing in order to avoid having to meet unaffordable rent or mortgage payments. “ [Extract from ‘A Call for Action’ issued on the third anniversary of the National Summit on Housing Affordability which was held at Parliament House in Canberra in July 25-27 June 2004.] [TOP]
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