1- Property Council responds to Ageing Queenslanders Issues Paper

Home Campaigns and Submissions 1- Property Council responds to Ageing Queenslanders Issues Paper

Property Council responds to Ageing Queenslanders – Issues PaperThe Property Council has provided a submission to the Advisory Taskforce on Residential Transition for Ageing Queenslanders – Issues Paper.The submission suggests a series of policy-based solutions to assist the property industry provide housing for our ageing demographic. These include:Planning policy changes to enable the for profit and not-for-profit sectors to deliver purpose built seniors' housingRequiring councils to adopt the Queensland Government's 'fair value' infrastructure charge for retirement village dwellingsFinalising the reviews of the Retirement Villages Act 1999 and Manufactured Home Parks (Residential Parks)Act 2003Allowing retirement village operators to implement innovative financial modelsIntroducing a grant similar to the Queensland First Home Owners' Grant to encourage seniors to downsizeImplementing an educational campaign to shift community attitudes towards ageing and the need to plan for how and where people will grow oldA copy of the submission can be accessed below.