Issues related to Housing
Did you know the ACT Government offers a range of assistance to prospective home buyers in the ACT? To find out if you are eligible for a first home owner grant, stamp duty concession or an affordable house and land package visit www.actaffordablehousing.com.au
ABC News Online is reporting that an arrangement has been reached with the developer of the former Australia Heritage Village site in Watson. It is understood the changes to the development will help mitigate environmental impact on the Mount Majura Nature Reserve.
The following is an invitation to a Public Forum on the potential development of Molonglo received from the ACT Greens: The Greens have a vision for Molonglo The Greens want Canberra’s next large urban development to be a development for the future not the past. We see it as a great place for people and the environment.
The Canberra Times of 17 August 2009 has the following extract online: The ACT Greens want the Government to run a design competition to turn the ageing Currong Apartments in Braddon into an ”environmentally sustainable social housing neighbourhood”.
The Australian Government’s Energy Efficient Homes Package will install ceiling insulation in up to 2.9 million homes across Australia. The Homeowner Insulation Program offers ceiling insulation worth up to $1,600 to owner-occupiers and the Low Emission Assistance Plan for Renters offers ceiling insulation worth up to $1,000 to renters and landlords.
The Canberra Times has an article about the demolition and redevelopment of a weatherboard cottage in Ainslie owned by the ACT Department of Housing and Community Services. A developer acting on behalf of the department lodged a development application to demolish the existing building, and replace it with ”two new brick veneer structures”. It is understood that the building was the caretaker’s cottage in the 1920s for the Ainslie bus terminus, one of Canberra’s first transport hubs, but has been excluded from the Corroboree Park Housing Precinct, a heritage-listed area that ends just over the cottage’s fence.
ACT Planning and Land Authority is inviting interested parties to make written submissions on proposed changes to the ACT House Energy Rating Scheme and reforms to the regulation of building energy assessors. Should the proposals discussed in this discussion paper be adopted there will be a direct impact for ALL individuals intending to buy, sell, rent or lease properties in the ACT due to changed legislative and regulatory requirements. The discussion paper addresses two major issues relating to energy efficiency assessment in the ACT, one being the requirements for obtaining and generating energy assessments (ACTHERS) which will affect all individuals …
