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I'm absolutely in no way qualified to interpret results, but it seems like in Western Australia we've had a similar policy since the 1990s, where the WA Housing

I'm absolutely in no way qualified to interpret results, but it seems like in Western Australia we've had a similar policy since the 1990s, where the WA Housing Authority put policy in place to ensure that no suburb had more than 1 in 9 houses dedicated to public/government housing. https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-suburbs-bearing-the-brunt-of-perth-s-public-housing-20190306-p5124q.html https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/the-su... That said, there's been some notable kerfuffles when "rich" suburbs didn't want their allocation.

indemnity 7y ago
Over in NZ, there isn’t an official rule, but as if by magic, new subdivisions in wealthier areas don’t have social housing, but new subdivisions in more working class areas have plenty.
- linkregister 7y ago
  I wonder if the shire wants to save money by purchasing properties in lower-cost areas.
  - mschuster91 7y ago
    In Germany, property developers can be forced to build X% of the project as "welfare housing" to avoid this scenario.
ajdlinux 7y ago
Over here in the ACT, we have an official policy of "salt and peppering", i.e. spreading public housing out evenly across the city including in wealthy areas. Of course, whether the policy matches the reality... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-15/canberra-public-housing-inner-city-reduction/11113346 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-15/canberra-public-housi...
- chii 7y ago
  also, is it better to build public housing in expensive areas (which implies less housing for the same fixed budget), or build public housing at the lowest cost, maximal housing capacity (which implies going to lower cost areas).
  - rory096 7y ago
    In the United States, projects applying for Low Income Housing Tax Credits actually get a 30% boost in their subsidy if they're in qualified low-income Census tracts.

indemnity 7y ago

Over in NZ, there isn’t an official rule, but as if by magic, new subdivisions in wealthier areas don’t have social housing, but new subdivisions in more working class areas have plenty.

linkregister 7y ago
I wonder if the shire wants to save money by purchasing properties in lower-cost areas.
- mschuster91 7y ago
  In Germany, property developers can be forced to build X% of the project as "welfare housing" to avoid this scenario.

ajdlinux 7y ago

Over here in the ACT, we have an official policy of "salt and peppering", i.e. spreading public housing out evenly across the city including in wealthy areas. Of course, whether the policy matches the reality... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-15/canberra-public-housing-inner-city-reduction/11113346 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-15/canberra-public-housi...

chii 7y ago
also, is it better to build public housing in expensive areas (which implies less housing for the same fixed budget), or build public housing at the lowest cost, maximal housing capacity (which implies going to lower cost areas).
- rory096 7y ago
  In the United States, projects applying for Low Income Housing Tax Credits actually get a 30% boost in their subsidy if they're in qualified low-income Census tracts.