Colac housing shortage

  • SPEND IT HERE: Plea for state housing fund to flow into Colac Otway

    The region’s key politicians say they’re doing all they can to ensure the Colac Otway Shire becomes a destination for the State Government’s plan to build 1300 homes in regional Victoria.

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  • Six-month allowance for backyard caravans and camping

    Colac Otway residents will be able to let people camp in their back yards for up to six months of the year under a proposed change to the council’s local laws.

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  • Housing needs getting worse

    Five hundred households in the Colac Otway Shire are facing unmet housing needs, a new housing report says.

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  • Camping permits on offer again for workers

    Temporary worker accommodation permits will be available to house seasonal workers in Colac Otway again this summer, despite having zero applications last summer.

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  • State ‘money grab’ hurts housing plans

    A new state property tax unfairly slugs regional communities and will slow down desperately needed housing development in Colac, local industry leaders and MPs say.

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  • Rising rent ramps up pressure on housing affordability

    Colac’s rental vacancy rate is at a nine-year low and rentals are becoming unaffordable for low-income workers, new data shows, as the city remains in the grips of a housing crisis.

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  • Colac Otway declares housing crisis

    Colac Otway Shire Council has declared a worker housing crisis and will deliver a report on possible solutions for the coming summer.  

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  • Affordable rental plan for council-owned estate

    Developers interested in council-owned land in Colac’s Bruce Street would have to guarantee 15 per cent of the site for affordable rentals under a council proposal.

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