Affordable Housing Network NSW Google Group

AHN Minutes - 28 August 2009

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:35:45 UT

Hi Members,

Please find copy of the AHN minutes 28 Aug 09 in the Files section of
the egroup site.

Hope to see you at tomorrows meeting!

Regards
Angie

Expressions of Interest - Waverley Council’s Housing Advisory Committee

ajr19740...@gmail.com (Angela) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:35:52 UT

Hello All,

Expressions of interest are invited for membership of Waverley
Council’s Housing Advisory Committee. The Committee is being
established to provide strategic advice to Council on its Affordable
and Social Housing Programs. Waverley Council began its housing
programs in the early 1990s in an effort to maintain diversity in the

Housing seminar, UNSW, Thursday 10 Dec, 2-4pm

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:03:10 UT

Invitation to seminar - double bill:

Professor Hal Pawson
Professorial Fellow at the School of the Built Environment,
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

AND

Professor Michael E. Stone
Professor of Community Planning and Public Policy,
The University of Massachusetts, Boston

~ Evidence based policy in housing ~

AHN Meeting this Friday 04 Dec 09 - Change of Speakers

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:31:08 UT

Hi,

There has been a change of speakers for the Affordable Housing Network
meeting this Friday. Dr. Louise Crabtree, UWS Research Fellow and
Research Program Coordinator Urban Research Centre will give an
overview of the Community Land Trust model and issues for its
implementation in Australia. Community land trusts offer a model for

AHN Meeting, 04 December 09 - 9:30am-12pm

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:44:02 UT

Hi Members,

Due to some scheduling conflicts, the next AHN meeting will be held on
Friday, 04 December 2009. The guest speaker is Dr. Judith Stubbs who
will talk about local government and affordable housing, and some of
the implications of the ASEPP.

The agenda to the AHN Meeting is available at the Affordable Housing

cancelled speaker

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:11:45 UT

Hi all

Unfortunately one of our speakers, Judith Stubbs, has been unwell and
will not be able to speak to the meeting tomorrow.

regards
Louise

Amended agenda for 28 August

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:08:11 UT

Dear all

We are set to have a very interesting meeting with two speakers now
confirmed for this Friday, We now have Dr Judith Stubbs of Judith
Stubbs adn Assocaites, who will be speaking on the work she has been
doing to establish affordable housing policies and programs in local
government. Judith willalso look at some of the implications of the

AHN Meeting Agenda - 28 August 09 - 9:30am-12pm

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:15:48 UT

Hi Members,

The agenda to the AHN Meeting on Friday, 28th August 2009 is available
at the Affordable Housing Network group under "files".The file is
called Agenda AHN 28 August 09.doc.

Please RSVP by Wednesday, 26th August (for catering purposes).

Looking forward to seeing you on Friday!

Next AHN Meeting on 28 August 2009 - 9:30am-12:00pm

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:26:56 UT

Hi all,

The next meeting of the network is coming up on Friday 28 August,
9:30am
to 12pm at the NSW Federation of Housing Associations (address below).
We will be supplying tea, coffee and morning tea.

I will send out an agenda closer to the date. Looking forward to
seeing you there!

Regards,

Affordable Housing SEPP Launch

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:43:03 UT

Hi all,

Just to let you know that the Affordable Housing SEPP is being
launched by the Department of Planning this Friday (I assume it will
also be gazetted then).

Cheers,
Angie

AHN Minutes 29 May 2009

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:20:06 UT

Hi all,

Please find the minutes to the 29 May 2009 AHN meeting on the Files
page on our google group.

Cheers,
Angie

AHN Meeting Agenda - 29 May 2009 - 9:30am-12:00pm

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie P) — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:22:04 UT

Dear all,

The agenda to the AHN Meeting on 29th May 2009 is available at the
Affordable Housing Network group under "files".The file is called
Draft Agenda AHN 29May09.doc.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Angela Pitts
Policy & Research Officer
NSWFederation of Housing Assoc. Inc.

Report - Models of sustainable and affordable housing for local government

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:24:23 UT

Dear all

The final report from the Urban Research Centre's 2008 project on
models of sustainable and affordable housing for local government is
now available at the Affordable Housing Network group under "files".
The file is called Urban Research Centre 2008.pdf

regards
Louise

Next AHN Meeting - 29th May

angiepit...@gmail.com (Angie) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:15:17 UT

Hi all,

The next meeting of the network is coming up on Friday 29 May, 9:30am
to 12pm at the NSW Federation of Housing Associations (address
below). It's 5 minutes walk from Central Station. We will be supplying
tea, coffee and morning tea.

I will send out an agenda closer to the date. Looking forward to

The crisis and beyond

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:57:47 UT

hi all
Shelter is organizing a 1-day conference, in Sydney on July 2, called
'The crisis and beyond'. The content does not include matters about
environmental planning instruments or local government housing .. but
in case you are interested anyway, here is the URL with info:
<[link]>

Community Land Trusts

affordablehous...@marrickville.nsw.gov.au (Marrickville) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:28:03 UT

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the Urban Research Centre is proudly hosting a
visit by John E Davis. Can you please distribution the following
information widely:

Public screening at Sidetrack Theatre 22 March (flyer under Files on
Google group page)

Short course on community land trusts 23-24 March (flyer under Files

Community land trust events

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:06:08 UT

Hi all

The Urban Research Centre is proud to be hosting a March visit by John
E Davis, who has been researching, supporting and training community
land trusts in the US for over 20 years. Community land trusts are non-
profit organisations holding title to land in perpetuity for the
purposes of affordable housing (primarily low-income homeownership)

draft agenda 20feb09

and...@communityhousing.org.au — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:25:49 UT

DRAFT AGENDA

To: Affordable Housing Network
Re: Network Meeting
Venue: NSW Federation of Housing Associations, Suite 301, Level 3,
64-76 Kippax Street Surry Hills 2010
Date: 20th February 2009

1. Apologies

2. Introductions

3. Minutes of previous meeting

4. Guest speaker: Karine Shellshear, Executive Director ARCH will

John Davis public seminar on community land trusts Weds 25 Mar

l.crabt...@uws.edu.au (Louise C) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:46:11 UT

Community land trusts: perpetually-affordable housing and community
resilience

A seminar – Wednesday March 25, 10:30 am to 1:00 pm – Mitchell
Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, Level 1, 280 Pitt Street,
Sydney

Presented by the Urban Research Centre of the University of Western
Sydney and Shelter NSW with special guest from the USA, John Davis

Next meeting venue and date

and...@communityhousing.org.au — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:40:43 UT

Please note the change of venue from Parramatta City Council to the
NSW Federation of Housing Associations in Surry Hills for the first
meeting this year. Further dates and venues will be confirmed soon.

Click on [link]

Next network meeting 20th February

and...@communityhousing.org.au (Andrew Meehan) — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:23:18 UT

Hi all

At the last meeting on the 21st November, we made a few decisions to
guide the group this year. While I wasn't taking minutes, my notes are
as follows:

- We agreed to have alternate meetings this year: City and
Parramatta, starting with the city
- The next meeting will be held on the 20th February

Inclusionary zoning and land value recapture

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:07:57 UT

A recent article (in fact, January 2009) from Lincoln Institute on
Land Policy (USA) on inclusionary housing controls, arguing they are
best linked to re/up zoning, FYI, at <[link]
PubDetail.aspx?pubid=1552>.

NSW parliamentary inquiry into homelessness and 'low-cost rental'

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:18:25 UT

Info on this inquiry at Parliament website: <http://
[link]>.
Might be a chance to showcase local government schemes (TOR a) and
planning initiatives (TOR d, e) ?

Next meeting

and...@communityhousing.org.au (Andrew Meehan) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:28:02 UT

Hi all
Just a reminder that the next meeting of the network is coming up on the
21st November at Parramatta Council, 9.30 - 12.
Details are on the group website:
[link]
tings
As per previous meetings we'll gather in the lobby from around 9.15 and

Affordable housing SEPP

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:56:55 UT

Shelter is hoping that as many organizations -- councils and NGOs
-- as possible will respond to the Department of Planning's review of
SEPP 10 and SEPP 70 and mooted
proposal to amalgamate them into one 'affordable housing SEPP', when
the proposal or draft SEPP is released. We have
produced a *backgrounder *on these matters, which you

A Snapshot of Families Living with Housing Stress

simo...@tpg.com.au (Simon Emsley) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:41:41 UT

Family services associated with the Canterbury Child and Family
Interagency have surveyed 107 families in Canterbury. The findings of
the survey show that, from the perspective of families, there is a
clear relationship between housing quality/security and family health
and wellbeing. The findings of the survey, along with presentations by

DOP review of SEPP 10 and SEPP 70

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (CJ) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:16:11 UT

Dear AHN people: As you know, the Department of Planning is reviewing
SEPP 10 and SEPP 70, and I understand the intent (among other things)
is to amalgamate them (and I am working on the assumption that the new
SEPP might be called something like the State Environmental Planning
Policy (Affordable Housing) 2008). Shelter NSW has prepared a 'brief'

NSW Community Housing Conference

and...@communityhousing.org.au (Andrew Meehan) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:04:05 UT

Dear all

Attached is information about the upcoming community housing conference
in September. The conference is a key event for the sector and those
working with or alongside it. If you have any queries about it once
you've had a look at the attached, I'm happy to answer them.

Registration info is on the attached. Registrations are open for one

Affordable housing presentation kit

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Shelter NSW) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:19:36 UT

New on the Housing NSW website, at <[link]
Centre+For+Affordable+Housing/ Affordable+Housing+Resources/> , an
'Affordable housing presentation kit' (July 2008), comprising a users
manual (pdf ~ 607kb), basic presentation slides (ppt ~ 2.6 mb) and
supplementary slides (ppt ~ 2 mb).

AHN meeting notice: 22 August 2008

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:42:23 UT

To members of the Affordable Housing Network NSW (eGroup and
e-list):
The next meeting of the Affordable Housing Network NSW is *Friday 22
August 2008*.
Details about the meeting, including the draft
agenda,
are online at <[link] <[link]>>;

Housing Affordability Fund

affordablehous...@nrsdc.org.au (Trish Evans) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:12:04 UT

Hi to all

I am looking for someone in local government who attended the information
session on the Housing Affordability Fund in Sydney on 1 July. Could you
please send me an email or phone me.

Thanks

Trish Evans
Affordable Housing Project
Northern Rivers Social Development Council

Wk: 02 66223030

Reply from local member re progress on affordable housing planning

simo...@tpg.com.au (Simon Emsley) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:36:47 UT

Network members

I have been in correspondence with Verity Firth in my capacity of
Leichhardt resident, on the apparent lack of clarity in respect to
State affordable housing policy. She made representations to the
Minister of Planning on my behalf and received a reply fom him on 26
May and has passed me a copy. The reply of the Minister of Planning

Cwlth govt 'Housing Affordability Fund'

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Shelter NSW) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:11:41 UT

The Cwlth government released a consultation paper for its 'Housing
Affordability Fund' today (June 11). Submissions close July 17. The
paper can be downloaded from <[link]
facsinternet.nsf/housing/haf.h tm>

View this page at AHN webpages: "Minutes"

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Shelter NSW) — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:55:53 UT

Affordable Housing NSW meeting minutes, for May 23 meeting, are now
online.
Click on [link]
or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that does not
work.

EP&A Act provisions on affordable housing

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Shelter NSW) — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:00:59 UT

I posted some comments on the Environmental Planning and Assessment
Amendment Bill 2008 when it was in its 'exposure draft' form. The bill
has now been introduced into Parliament (May 15). I have posted some
revised and updated comments at the AHN webpages, in the Files page:
the file is called mem0805planninglawchanges-cj.p df. FYI

Affordable Housing Network NSW meeting May 23

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:03:11 UT

To: Members of the Affordable Housing Network NSW (egroup and elist)
The next meeting of the Affordable Housing Network NSW is *Friday 23
May 2008*. Details about the meeting, including the draft
agenda,
are online at
<[link]> <[link]>;

National Rental Affordability Scheme

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:35:10 UT

The Australian government has released a technical discussion
paper on how its National Rental Affordability Scheme might work, with
a submission deadline of May 31. It anticipates that some local
governments might be interested in participating (p.6). You can get a
copy of the paper online at
<[link]> <[link]>.

Affordable Housing workshops

lacy.bar...@gmail.com (lacy) — Thu, 01 May 2008 02:10:06 UT

Hi everyone,

The Centre for Affordable Housing is hosting regional workshops to
talk about local opportunities to develop affordable housing. We are
hoping that we can discuss some of the national initiatives, how they
could work with the AHIF and some of the opportunities they present.

RSVPs are essential, due to venue constraints. If you'd like to

Housing affordability overdeterrmines affordable housing

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:13:20 UT

Dear Group
There are a number of recent documents emanating from the Government
that give an insight into the government's view that housing
affordability is undermined by provision of affordable housing through
the planning/DA system.
1. The government indicated that inclusionary zoning 'has the potential

Community Housing Conference & Aboriginal Housing Summit

and...@communityhousing.org.au — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:08:31 UT

Hi all

I just wanted to let you know that a date has been set for the 2008
NSW Community Housing Conference. One of the key themes of the
conference is Financing, Building and Providing Affordable Housing.

This year the conference is part of a joint event with the Aboriginal
Housing Summit auspiced by the Aboriginal Housing Office:

AHN minutes

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Shelter NSW) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:41:52 UT

Dear AHN Groupers:
The minutes of the meeting of February 29 are now on the Group's
webpage.
For those of you who have (or had) set your email profile to 'digest'
or 'abridged' mode, that function is now (I think) working again.
The next meeting of the group is Friday May 23, same place.
Craig, 7/3/08

Dept of Planning advice

affordablehous...@nrsdc.org.au — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:05:25 UT

Hi to everyone - great to be able to join the last meeting!
I spoke to Petula Samios, Dept of Planning (who has now moved to the
Heritage Branch of the Dept).
I explained that I had a workshop for local govt on LEP development
coming up and wanted to know the Dept of Planning's position on
affordable housing provisions etc

Next Meeting

affordablehous...@nrsdc.org.au — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:14:17 UT

Dear AHN
Again, I am not able to attend the meeting (will be travelling to
Sydney the week before for the national conference) but I would very
much like to participate if possible.

I have organised an LEP workshop in the Northern Rivers (thanks to the
assistance of Judy Stubbs) for local government staff and elected

AHN February 29

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:07:20 UT

To: Members of the Affordable Housing Network NSW eGroup
The next meeting of the Affordable Housing Network NSW is *Friday 29
February 2008*. Details about the meeting, including the draft
agenda,
are online at
<[link]> <[link]>

Living Co-operatively Web page link with registration, program and speakers

affordablehous...@marrickville.nsw.gov.au (Harriet Davidson) — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:08:57 UT

______________________________ __

<[link]>

Marrickville Council Affordable Housing Symposium

affordablehous...@marrickville.nsw.gov.au (Harriet Davidson) — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:38:36 UT

Dear Affables,

Marrickville Council is running a Living Co-operatively: Affordable
Housing - Sustainable Communities Symposium in February, 2008. Early
registrations are receiving a discount. I would appreciate if you could
on email the attached flyer and registration form to your relevant email

Department of Planning's current planning reform agenda and affordable housing - Your say

eslioge...@gmail.com (Elena) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:44:44 UT

At the last Affordable Housing Network Meeting held on 23 Nov 07, it
was suggested to encourage more use of the 'Discussion' feature within
the egroup, by posting a hot topic on the net for discussion. I
volunteered to initiate this, through my recent experience in seeking
information and guidance from the Department of Planning on affordable

action alert

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:19:55 UT

Dear AHN
At the November meeting of the Network I volunteered to draft a letter
for people to consider having their own council/organization send to the
D-G of the DOP, following a decision of the DOP on a draft LEP of
Waverley council -- which the meeting thought had state-wide implications.
The background is in the minutes of that meeting, which are online at

Affordable Housing Network NSW November meeting

cr...@shelternsw.org.au (Craig Johnston) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:08:23 UT

To: Affordable Housing Network NSW
The minutes of the November 07 meeting are now online, at

* the Network group pages on Google, at
<[link]> <[link]>

Aboriginal Housing Forum

lwe...@parracity.nsw.gov.au — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:09:44 UT

Aboriginal Housing Forum
You are invited to take part in an event of the 'Reconciliation in
Parliament' series that provides an opportunity for Parliamentarians
and the public to hear directly from Aboriginal people on key issues
affecting them, and to create a forum for dialogue with multi-party