Regional Affordable Housing Summit to held in Creswick

Published on 03 October 2022

The Victorian Government is hosting a Regional Affordable Housing Summit in Creswick tomorrow (Tuesday 4 October) to provide a forum for discussion, strengthening relationships and identifying challenges and opportunities to meet the needs of regional Victoria’s growing population.

Mayor, Cr Tim Drylie, said he was excited that the Victorian Government has chosen to host the Regional Affordable Housing Summit in Creswick.

“We acknowledge that access to housing is a challenge with growth of population, significant housing price increases and very limited rental stock, especially affordable housing.  This is an issue that our Shire and region, like many others, is grappling with,” said Cr Drylie.

Council adopted an Affordable Housing Policy last year, and we have started working on an Affordable Housing Strategy and Action Plan. These items will consider the range of responses needed to address the challenge of local affordable housing in partnership with local organisations and agencies.

“Council is in regular contact with Homes Victoria and exploring programs and opportunities as part of the State’s $5.3 billion Big Housing Build.  We are aware of the homelessness issue facing some vulnerable people in our community. We are currently convening a working group of service providers and stakeholders in our Shire, including Child and Family Services (CAFS) who is the funded agency, to discuss support and access to services,” said Cr Drylie.