City of Sydney Council launch ideas challenge to bring affordable housing into city
City of Sydney Council are calling on the community to provide their innovative ideas to bring more affordable housing into the city.
City of Sydney Council are calling on the community to provide their innovative ideas to bring more affordable housing into the city.
The ideas challenge, if successful, will result in new strategies to provide alternative and affordable housing options in the city.
An independent jury with experience in planning, design, construction and financing will be formed and will recommend up to six suitable proposals from the ideas challenge.
“If any of these ideas are considered worthy of execution, this will be returned to Council for their consideration,” a report said.
The ideas challenge will be an expression of interest process, where up to six applicants will be paid $20,000 for their idea.
“The payment is intended to be an honoraria for the selected applicants to further develop and prepare their proposals for the ideas challenge,” the report said.
“If models put forward under the ideas challenge are scalable and replicable they will contribute to the supply of housing to meet the current and future needs of the community and aid the City in achieving affordable housing outcomes under Sustainable Sydney 2030.”
All proposed ideas put forward must meet economic, social and environmental sustainability principles.
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They are seeking models that have a high level of residential amenity, “that would be generally acceptable to the community”.
“High-performance architecture and design efficiencies that reduce ongoing costs and contribute to affordability of housing stock will be a key objective of the Ideas Challenge brief,” the report said.
Entries can either use a site of their own selection or any site owned by the City.
“The brief will be publicised and open to all interested parties with new and innovative ideas.”
For more visit cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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