Plan for affordable rentals in Woy Woy
A new project by Pacific Link Housing at Woy Woy will increase affordable smaller units which are scarce in the private rental market. According to 2021 Census information the Woy…
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Work to secure fair share of $10B housing funds
Local community housing provider Home in Place is working to ensure the Central Coast gets a fair share of the $10B Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord,…
Push for fair share of social housing funds
Member for Robertson Gordon Reid is urging the State Government to ensure the Central Coast receives its fair share of $610M in funding for social housing. The NSW Government is…
Affordable housing for 27 at group home
A house past its prime at 210 The Entrance Rd, opposite the Diggers club, is set to be demolished to make way for three separate group homes to accommodate 27…
Sale of land for $1 a joke
I refer to the article in the Coast Community News of March 9 about affordable rental housing at The Entrance. The Council has had to borrow large sums of money…
Delivering affordable rental housing at The Entrance
Pacific Link Housing will partner with Central Coast Council to deliver more affordable rental housing at The Entrance. The project is a key initiative from Council’s Central Coast Affordable and…
No real action on affordable housing
FORUM: It is good to hear that Regional Development Australia Central Coast (RDACC) is a “key driver of affordable housing initiatives across the region” (CCN 370). If it weren’t for…
Major affordable housing project for The Entrance
Central Coast Council and Pacific Link Housing will work together on the design and delivery of an affordable housing development in Ashton St, The Entrance, in the first stage of…
The Weekly News 5@5
Central Coast Newspaper’s Weekly Video News 5@5 for the third week of November 2022.. In the bulletin this week: Palliative Care Unit for Wyong announcedBold new affordable housing by councilWalkley award…
More affordable housing at The Entrance
A $2M affordable housing project of eight townhouses will be built at 15 Warrigal St, The Entrance, pending approval by Central Coast Council. Council has to consider whether to allow…
Election call for affordable housing as rents soar
Two housing providers say Robertson ranks in the top 10 electorates in Australia for rent rises, and have urged all candidates in the federal election to commit to delivering better…
More social housing for Coast
A new affordable housing complex at East Gosford will be one of three Central Coast projects to benefit from a partnership between the NSW government and Pacific Link Housing. Two…
Call for more measures to address homelessness
The not-for-profit organisation Social Futures, which delivers the NDIS and StandBy support programs on the Central Coast, says two new reports highlight an ever-growing housing crisis Australia-wide and has come…
Mixed tenancy model has a strong future
Last year was a big one for Pacific Link Housing, with the completion of a major affordable housing project on the Central Coast and a number of award wins. The…
Affordable housing hots up as an election issue
The growing housing crisis on the Central Coast is shaping up to be one of the big issues at the next Federal election, set to be held by May, 2022….
Rental stress on the Coast surpasses Sydney
The cost of rental housing on the Central Coast has jumped three times higher in the past year than it has in Sydney, according to Domain’s September 2021 Rental Report….
Affordable housing proposal near town centre
A site opposite Toukley RSL Club has been earmarked for an affordable housing project in a four-storey building comprising 20 units. Plans for 33-35 Athol St, on the corner of…
Funding no salve for invisible housing crisis
The additional $12 million funding announced by the NSW Government during Homelessness Week for temporary accommodation for people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness was welcomed but may not be…
Council has neither the expertise nor the resources to solve housing problems
Forum – According to the Community Housing Industry Association, Central Coast has a backlog of 3,000 affordable housing units (“3,000 households on the Coast waiting for social housing”, Chronicle p15…
Affordability drives a ‘regional renaissance’
An influx of people to regions like the Central Coast seeking to take advantage of affordable housing and better lifestyles has underpinned a regional renaissance in 2020-21, according to the…