Tuesday, 30 July 2024

Housing

David HODGETT (Croydon) presented a petition bearing 18 signatures:

Issue:

We the undersigned, draw to the attention of the Legislative Assembly, that there is community support to change the legislation to the Victorian Planning Scheme section 52.23 to allow for: – A limit on the number of rooming houses a street, and any particular area can have. – That there be a minimum distance between existing rooming houses (e.g. one rooming house per 1km radius) – That a rooming house be restricted to being built in MUZ, RGZ or GRZ zones – not NRZ – given the commercial purpose of a rooming house. – Community consultation through council or private building surveyor when building a domestic scale rooming house. It’s unfair that a developer could knock down a standard home and replace it with a rooming house with less restrictions than to build a tall fence or cut a tree down. The impact of rooming houses on a community is large and the community should be consulted, allowed to object and to provide feedback to this process. We understand the need for additional housing within Victoria, but at the moment rooming houses are being used by developers to loop-hole community consultation, build with no restrictions and avoid covenants.

Action:

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Assembly call on the Government to review the Victorian Planning Scheme section 52.23 to allow for: – Only one rooming house per street – Have minimum distance limits placed between rooming houses – Allow for community input and provide an opportunity to raise objections – Be built within MUZ, RGZ or GRZ zones.

Ordered that petition be considered tomorrow.