The Hodgman Liberal Government is making important progress to address Tasmania’s housing shortage and deliver on the outcomes from the Housing Summit.
Our Government is taking action every single day to boost the supply of new social and affordable housing to meet growing demand.
The two-bedroom units at Warrane, are just two of 78 coming online around the state by the end of June as part of our Affordable Housing Strategy, providing real relief for Tasmanians in need.
So far our Affordable Housing Strategy has helped more than 500 new households into affordable, secure and safe homes and is on track to assisting 1,600 households into affordable housing by June 2019.
The Tasmanian Government is investing a further $125 million in the second stage of our Affordable Housing Action Plan which is expected to provide an additional 1500 new affordable homes for Tasmanians, and assist around 2000 households.
This is on top of the $73.5 million already invested into housing, bringing the total investment to almost $200 million over eight years.
We recognise the real challenges that some Tasmanians are facing when trying to find affordable housing, and we are committed to delivering on our ten year Affordable Housing Strategy 2015-2025.
This includes a range of short to long term initiatives including most recently our Private Rental Incentive Pilot Scheme and the release of draft legislation to fast track zoning changes for government land identified as suitable for residential development.
These latest initiatives build on our work over the last term, including the additional two-bedroom units, a nine unit facility for youth at risk in Moonah, and a 25 unit youth accommodation facility in Devonport all being completed by the end of June.
The Hodgman Liberal Government is strongly committed to addressing the entire housing spectrum from home ownership, to affordable rentals, and crisis accommodation to ensure every Tasmanian has a roof over their head.
A fact sheet on our actions to address the housing issues can be found here: http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/373511/Action_on_Housing_Fact_Sheet.pdf