Allan govt reveals regional locations of first 1000 social and affordable homes in Victoria

The state government has announced the regional locations of the first 1000 social and affordable Victorian homes in a bid to ease the housing crisis.

The Allan Government have revealed where their first 1000 social and affordable homes will be built to ease the housing crisis in regional communities. Picture: Melbourne Press Club

The Allan Government have revealed where their first 1000 social and affordable homes will be built to ease the housing crisis in regional communities.

On Friday, Premier Jacinta Allan announced locations which included Mallee, Loddon, Central Highlands, Barwon, Goulburn, Ovens Murray and Gippsland.

The homes will be built under state’s the $1 billion Regional Housing Fund and will help the homeless, and families in need.

The homes will be built under state’s the $1 billion Regional Housing Fund and will help the homeless, and families in need. Picture: NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

Ms Allan also revealed funding of $500,000 to boost the Regional Planner Cadetship Program in the bid to hasten planning decisions and get more homes built sooner.

Ms Allan said regional Victoria would play a big role in fixing the housing crisis.

“As a regional Victorian, there’s no better place to live – that’s why we’re making sure more young Victorians and families can get the chance to live here too,” she said.

Additionally to the new homes, the government will also move to overhaul the state’s infrastructure fund to ensure more amenity and open space is included in new housing projects.

Ms Allan revealed so far less than a third of councils are using the developer contributions to get services and parks built.

Under the new plan, the developer contributions system would be overhauled to better support communities.

Ms Allan said members of the Housing Affordability Partnership will meet from November 2024 to look at a new statewide model and will report back to the government in March 2025.

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