Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the ‘How to use the database’ page linked above).
To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).
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| Document title | Relevant text in the policy | Domain | Topic | State | Local Government name | Council type |
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| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Council will establish a Housing Development Fund to provide targeted support to the development of actual social and affordable housing, whilst also minimising ongoing financial or operational risk to Council. A key task of the Housing Strategy Steering Group will be to determine the preferred structure for the management of the fund establish clear priorities for the fund establish the funding and revenue streams options for the fund (this may include recurrent funding through the Long Term Financial Strategy and/or the dedication of a portion of proceeds from the sale of Council land). | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Council will respond by facilitating social housing provision (Tier 3). | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Council, government, the private sector and community housing associations are working in partnership to increase the range and quality of affordable housing. Council will increase the supply of social housing through strategic use of its land assets and direct financial contributions. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Council’s Affordable Housing Toolkit outlines the range of ways that Council will improve efficiencies in the housing market and facilitate affordable and social housing development. The tools range from research and advocacy (which will not place a high burden on Council resources) through to direct financial and property contributions towards social housing development. This approach will allow Council to incrementally build up skills, capacity and political appetite to undertake a wider range of mechanisms – to support not only the development of affordable housing, but to promote affordable living in Greater Dandenong. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Council’s largest and most significant role in boosting the availability of affordable housing is in Tier 1 – facilitating efficient private housing markets, which supplies up to 90 per cent of affordable housing. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | COUNCIL’S ROLE OVER THE LONG TERM Over the long term and as Council gains capacity and experience in the social housing sector, Council may investigate the possibility of establishing a housing trust model to expand the supply of social housing. In the housing trust model, it is the initial responsibility of Council to establish the trust and set up a governance arrangement. At this point Council has the option to determine the extent of its involvement in the trust (such as maintaining a seat on the governance committee or the power to veto certain investment decisions). | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Development Contribution Plans (DCPs) offer the ability to commit to clear funding and delivery timelines for infrastructure. Council has successfully introduced DCP for the provision of physical and community infrastructure in some newly-emerging residential and industrial areas, and has also introduced a public open space levy (which covers most of the municipality). Where applicable, DCPs will be considered in new development areas. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Encouraging greater housing diversity can assist in addressing housing affordability issues. This can include supporting the development of smaller or more affordable forms of housing such as: small lot design, accessory dwellings, studio apartments over garages and shop-top housing | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | expanding the role and membership of the Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy Steering Group to give strategic advice and oversight for the implementation phase of the strategy. This expanded role will include the: o identification of vacant or underutilised public and private sites with redevelopment potential; o management of the Housing Development Fund; and o identifying partnership opportunities with government, private, and community housing sectors. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Figure 7: Council's three tiered approach to increase affordable housing TIER 1 Facilitating Efficient Housing Markets TIER 2 Faciliate Affordable Housing Supply TIER 3 Facilitate Social Housing Provision | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | For some residents medium-density housing may offer housing opportunities, such as an opportunity to “downsize” from a large family dwelling, live in more affordable accommodation or offer a way out of substandard accommodation. Council expects that the market will continue to demand apartment-style, townhouse and other forms of high to medium-density housing, alongside traditional lower-density housing forms that account for most of the City’s housing stock. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Greater Dandenong Council commissioned SGS Economics and Planning to investigate the mechanisms available to council to increase the level and range of affordable government and subsidised and private housing. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Harmony Village is located in the heart of Dandenong, within walking distance to the Dandenong Market, RSL and Dandenong Plaza. The development consists of a retirement village comprising 92 units with basement car parking and a resident’s community centre. Designed and built with community in mind, the residential apartments are clustered around landscaped surrounds and a generous Community Centre The project provides 66 units at an affordable rate for older people experiencing in housing stress. This co-operative social housing component is being operated under CEHL rent setting principles which are based on residents paying 25% of their income plus 100% of the Commonwealth Rental Assistance payment. As all residents are over the age of 55 years old, the rents have been set at rates affordable those limited to the Aged Pensions as their only source of income. High priority has been given to ‘tenure-blind design – that is, no visible difference between co-operative and private market dwellings. Project Partners: Common Equity Housing Ltd, Doutta Galla Aged Services, Department of Human Services, Dandenong RSL | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Housing Objective 8: Achieve a wide choice of well-designed, highquality affordable housing in appropriate locations to meet current and future needs. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | HOW WILL COUNCIL INCREASE SOCIAL HOUSING SUPPLY? Affordable housing is provided through three key channels – the private market, the community housing sector and the public housing sector – Council’s efforts to increase affordable housing supply should target all three channels. The first step is to ensure that the housing market is operating as efficiently as possible. Following this, subsidies may be used as required to further stimulate the supply of affordable and social housing as required. This three tiered approach is outlined in the figure on the next page. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Improve the availability of advice to applicants to reduce application processing times and confusion and deliver benefits such as time and cost savings and higher quality developments. Investigate the feasibility of a ‘Fast-Track’ process for housing applications that have a social housing component. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | NEGOTIATED ARRANGEMENTS WITH DEVELOPERS DURING THE PLANNING PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS Council may enter into negotiated arrangements with developers with regard to the provision of affordable housing (or other community benefits) in conjunction with a development, either on-site or off-site, in cash or in-kind. This provides the opportunity to champion best-practice projects and support projects that meet Council’s housing priorities | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | PROVIDING INFORMATION ON HOUSING AND POPULATION TRENDS TO KEY STAKEHOLDERS Council will contribute to the efficiency of housing markets by providing information on housing needs, housing types, trends, best practice, innovative tenures and designs to active and prospective builders and developers. Additionally, Council will play a key role in educating the community on the role and importance of affordable housing. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | pursue development opportunities and engage in partnerships with housing associations, developers and the Office of Housing to deliver urban renewal and social housing outcomes for the community. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY Council will advocate for the increased supply of particular forms of housing and services in the municipality. Council will continue to engage with builders and developers to better understand the issues and challenges associated with the provision housing, with a view to removing barriers, increasing efficiency and decreasing costs. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Shared equity schemes typically operate in two different forms. The first is a “community equity model” where a buyer would purchase a proportion of a property with a subsidy from an equity partner. The second is the individual equity model, which is more common in Australia. In this case, the purchaser takes out a loan on a proportion of a dwelling (i.e. 70 per cent) with the equity partner providing the rest of the capital and the option of allowing the purchaser to buy more equity in the property when it is affordable for them. This option enables Council to directly invest in and facilitate ownership of affordable housing, without necessarily having an ongoing ownership and management role. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Site selection criteria will be developed to guide research on public and private land. This will focus on the potential of sites to: change the image of the area act as a catalyst for “flow on” residential investment realise Council’s housing diversity, urban renewal and social housing goals. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Support the needs of our ageing population and people with disabilities who will need accessible, affordable, age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | Supporting the needs of our ageing population and people with disabilities who will need accessible, affordable, age-friendly homes and neighbourhoods. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | SUPPORTIVE PLANNING POLICIES AND STRATEGIES Council will ensure that its planning policies and strategies are supportive of housing development, encouraging of affordable and social housing, provide a clear framework for the identification of opportunities for new housing and facilitate a range of housing types to suit housing needs. IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT APPROVALS PROCESS Improving efficiencies in the planning approvals process is critical to reducing holding costs. Marketing any ‘fast track’ processes or planning incentives is one way to attract development in a given area. Specific strategies for Council include: Improve processing times and developer certainty through the development of Residential Design Guidelines. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | The City of Greater Dandenong will foster a strong housing market that meets the community’s diverse and changing needs, contributes to the revitalisation of the municipality, directs housing growth to appropriate locations and delivers housing that enables all Greater Dandenong residents to access a range of affordable, sustainable and well-designed housing products and services | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | The forthcoming Action Plan document will set out these and other actions in more detail in early 2015. The Action Plan will: include all the objectives and actions for each theme; identify Council’s role and the relevant Council department for each action; and provide the desired timing for each action. MONITORING The success of the strategy rests upon the active participation of all areas of Council in partnership with other key external stakeholders. Ongoing monitoring of the implementation of the strategy will include: incorporating the actions into the work plans of all relevant departments; reporting annually to Council on the implementation of the strategy; and evaluating the effectiveness and relevance of the strategy’s objectives and actions every five years. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | The four housing themes are inherently related. For instance, increasing the supply of social housing (Theme D) and attracting investment in housing for middle and upper-income households (Theme C) support Council’s efforts to diversify the housing offering in Greater Dandenong (Theme B). Likewise, the location (Theme A), type and design (Theme B) of housing will influence affordability (Theme D). | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | The Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024 is structured around four related housing themes: Growth and Liveability; Design and Diversity; Revitalisation and Investment, and Housing Affordability. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |
| Greater Dandenong Housing Strategy 2014-2024, | The strategy recommends that Council expand the role of the Housing Strategy Steering Group to oversee the implementation of the strategy, and establish a Housing Development Fund to: identify vacant or underutilised public and private sites with redevelopment potential and facilitate their development for urban renewal and social housing | Social Policy | Affordable housing | Victoria | Greater Dandenong | Metropolitan |