The Housing Trust Rates Council

The Housing Trust, a not-for-profit community housing provider, has published an Affordable Housing Scorecard judging the affordable housing commitments of the four councils in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Region. Shoalhaven City Council received a "B" for:

• A contemporary plan to guide its work to address housing affordability.
• Committing to provide land for affordable rental housing.
• Proposing to waive development application fees for affordable rental housing projects.
• Confirming work to levy new development to provide affordable rental housing.

Further information is available on the Housing Trust's website (link).