Articles tagged: Housing
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.
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.
PUT IN A GRANNY FLAT: Council encourages landowners to build in back yards
More granny flats and bungalows could help with Colac’s housing crunch, and Colac Otway Shire Council will write to owners of vacant properties in a bid to speed up supply.
Push to declare housing crisis
Lorne councillor Gary Allen will push Surf Coast Shire Council to declare a key-worker accommodation crisis as local businesses battle to fill staff vacancies.
Housing crisis and COVID exacerbate nurse shortage
A lack of international nurses and a housing shortage are only accentuating a demand for nurses, that has long been a challenge in regional areas, two health services say.
Banquet benefits housing
Food, fun and fashion will delight revellers at a Colac crisis housing fundraiser next month.
Event supports crisis housing
A Colac “mini market” this month will be a fantastic socialising opportunity while raising money for crisis housing in Colac.
Housing forum a success
Apollo Bay leaders have hailed a community housing forum as a “standout success” as the town searches for solutions to a persistent accommodation shortage.
Council supports housing plan
Colac Otway Shire Council will move within months to sell vacant land in Colac’s Bruce Street, in hopes of boosting housing stock for the city.
Call to change tax break to help Bay housing
Negative gearing is making it harder for locals and workers to secure housing at Apollo Bay, business leaders say.
HOUSING TALKS: MP clarifies ‘housing crisis’
COLAC’S state MP has clarified that the issue he described as a “chronic housing crisis” in Colac is actually a potential shortage of higher-quality housing.
Tenant trashes Colac property
THE STATE Government hopes to have a Colac property, which tenants have abandoned with piles of rubbish and furniture, cleaned up “as soon as possible”.
Colac house price rebound
COLAC'S 11-per-cent property price turnaround in the past four years is among the highest in Australia, with market confidence up and homes selling fast.
Family evicted for ‘public safety’
AUTHORITIES evicted a family from a derelict Colac district property “in the interests of public safety”.
Children lived with drugs and filth
PILL packets, alcohol bottles, soiled mattresses, food scraps, animal faeces and broken furniture – that’s how a Colac woman has lived with her four children.
Mansion’s transformation to begin
THE grounds around Colac’s historic Balnagowan House are set to transform in coming months.
Former tip leaks poisonous gas
AUTHORITIES have sent warning letters to people living near Colac’s former tip after detecting high levels of the poisonous gas methane.
