Housing

  • Social housing backed for Winchelsea

    The Winchelsea community has thrown strong support behind a proposal to build affordable housing units in the town.

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  • Residents to guide housing

    Simpson and Timboon residents can join community reference groups to help plan housing developments for the towns.

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  • GROWING PAINS: Housing spread would impact sporting club

    A Colac sporting club will likely have to move after 143 years as housing development encroaches too close to its shooting range.

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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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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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