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Mornington Peninsula Shire Triple AAA Housing Policy Final Report June 2002 Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd GUTTERIDGE HASKINS & DAVEY PTY LTD ABN 39 008 488 373 380 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia Phone (03) 9278 2200 Fax (03) 9600 1300 REF NO: 31/010544/00 Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd Table of Contents Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................. 6 1 WHAT IS AAA HOUSING? .................................................................................. 10 1.1 STRATEGIC CONTEXT FOR THE STUDY ............................................................................ 10 1.2 STUDY PURPOSE .................................................................................................................. 11 1.3 DEFINING AAA HOUSING...................................................................................................... 11 1.4 STUDY METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 12 2 THE HOUSING POLICY CONTEXT .................................................................... 13 2.1 NATIONAL AND STATE POLICY CONTEXT – PRIVATE HOUSING MARKET .................... 13 2.2 NATIONAL AND STATE POLICY CONTEXT – PUBLIC, SOCIAL & COMMUNITY HOUSING14 2.3 HOUSING PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES............................................................................ 17 2.4 LOCAL HOUSING POLICY CONTEXT................................................................................... 18 3 REGIONAL HOUSING MARKET ......................................................................... 22 3.1 MIGRATION AND HOUSING MARKET TRENDS IN METROPOLITAN MELBOURNE......... 22 3.2 REGIONAL HOUSING MARKET............................................................................................. 23 3.3 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN NEIGHBOURING MUNICIPALITIES......... 25 4 MORNINGTON PENINSULA HOUSING TODAY ................................................ 26 4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ..................................................................................................... 27 4.2 PRIVATE HOUSING MARKET PROFILE ............................................................................... 30 4.3 PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING STOCK...................................................................................... 35 4.4 AFFORDABILITY..................................................................................................................... 40 4.5 HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS................................................................................... 41 5 HOUSING NEEDS ............................................................................................... 43 5.1 MORNINGTON PENINSULA TRIPLE AAA HOUSING SUMMIT............................................ 43 5.2 HOUSING NEEDS SURVEY................................................................................................... 45 5.3 HOUSING FOCUS GROUPS.................................................................................................. 45 5.4 SUMMARY OF HOUSING NEEDS ON THE PENINSULA...................................................... 49 5.5 OTHER HOUSING NEEDS ISSUES....................................................................................... 53 Mornington Peninsula Shire Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd 17482\AJH\mam 6 HOUSING NEEDS INDICATORS ........................................................................ 54 6.1 AFFORDABILITY..................................................................................................................... 54 6.2 APPROPRIATE ....................................................................................................................... 54 6.3 AVAILABLE.............................................................................................................................. 56 6.4 MEASURING HOUSING NEEDS INDICATORS..................................................................... 56 7 SMALL AREA HOUSING MARKET PROFILE..................................................... 58 7.1 AREA 1: BALNARRING/BALNARRING BEACH/MERRICKS/MERRICKS BEACH/SOMERS58 7.2 AREA 2: BITTERN/CRIB POINT ............................................................................................. 60 7.3 AREA 3: DROMANA/SAFETY BEACH ................................................................................... 62 7.4 AREA 4: FLINDERS/SHOREHAM/POINT LEO....................................................................... 64 7.5 AREA 5: HASTINGS................................................................................................................ 66 7.6 AREA 7: MORNINGTON EAST............................................................................................... 68 7.7 AREA 8: MORNINGTON/MOOROODUC/TUERONG............................................................. 70 7.8 AREA 9: MOUNT ELIZA.......................................................................................................... 72 7.9 AREA 10: MOUNT MARTHA................................................................................................... 74 7.10 AREA 11: PORTSEA/SORRENTO/BLAIRGOWRIE ............................................................... 76 7.11 AREA 12: RED HILL/RED HILL SOUTH/MERRICKS NORTH/MAIN RIDGE/ARTHURS SEAT78 7.12 AREA 13: ROSEBUD/ROSEBUD WEST/MCCRAE/BONEO/FINGAL/CAPE SCHANCK....... 79 7.13 AREA 14: RYE/TOOTGAROOK/ST ANDREWS BEACH........................................................ 81 7.14 AREA 15: SOMERVILLE/TYABB/BAXTER/PEARCEDALE.................................................... 83 8 WHAT IS THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN HOUSING?...................... 85 9 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE AAA HOUSING POLICY ........................... 88 9.1 POLICY STATEMENT, OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 10 MONITORING...................................................................................................... 93 10.1 MONITORING PROCESS....................................................................................................... 93 11 ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................ 97 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY................................................................................................... 98 Mornington Peninsula Shire Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd 17482\AJH\mam APPENDICES A. Housing Policy Reference Group Terms of Reference B. Housing Programs C. Housing Market Indicators D. Small Area Profiles E. Housing Needs Survey Glossary of Terms Empty nesters - couple family without children and aged 45 to 65 years. Emerging empty nesters - families comprising of a couple with children aged 15 years or older. Younger lone person households - people aged between 15 and 35 years living alone. Older lone person households - people aged 65 years or older living alone. Young families - families comprising of a couple with children under the age of 15 years. Group households - unrelated people sharing the same dwelling. Single parent families - families comprising of a single parent with children (younger or older then 15 years). Mature families - families comprising of a couple with children (at least one child under 15 years and one over 15 years or older). Mornington Peninsula Shire Gutteridge Haskins & Davey Pty Ltd 17482\AJH\mam EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The importance of housing is recognised at an international and national level. The Mornington Peninsula Affordable, Appropriate and Available Housing Policy is driven and inspired by the following internationally recognized vision: “Access to safe and healthy shelter is essential to a person’s wellbeing and should be a fundamental part of national and international action. The right to adequate housing as a basic human right is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.” Agenda 21, United Nations World Conference on Environment and Development, June 1992. The AAA Housing Policy for Mornington Peninsula Shire has been developed as part of an Integrated Housing Strategy for the Shire. For the purposes of this study AAA was defined as; Affordable - the proportion of income spent on housing costs; Appropriate – suitability of dwelling size, the physical condition of dwelling; design of the dwelling, its sustainability, security of tenure and its location are factors contributing to how “suitable” a house may be to meet particular needs; Available – ability of a household to obtain housing that is both affordable and appropriate to their needs. In preparing the AAA Policy a review of the private and public housing policy context was undertaken, followed by the assessment of public and private housing market trends at a municipal and local area level with a view to determining key housing needs within the Shire. In summary the key outcomes of this assessment include: Housing Policy: • Over the past decade, Commonwealth expenditure on rent assistance has increased by 159% in real terms, whilst annual expenditure on the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement has reduced by 13 percent; • Public housing policy has moved away from those on low to middle income earners to focusing more on assisting those in highest need; • Increasing emphasis on community based housing associations; • Increasing emphasis on three tier approach to housing whereupon Federal, State and Local governments all play a key role in housing through a range