{"id":19522,"date":"2018-06-21T14:49:04","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T04:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/?p=19522"},"modified":"2019-07-15T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T04:42:27","slug":"but-what-about-housing-the-institute-responds-to-the-nsw-budget-2018-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.architecture.com.au\/news-media\/but-what-about-housing-the-institute-responds-to-the-nsw-budget-2018-19\/","title":{"rendered":"But what about housing? The Institute responds to the NSW Budget 2018-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Communities need schools, health care and transport \u2013 but what about housing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Australian Institute of Architects is pleased to see yesterday\u2019s budget announcement includes spending on built infrastructure for health and education, as well as an undertaking to engage community on small projects, but asks \u2018what about the housing for the people of NSW to live in?\u2019<\/p>\n

NSW Treasurer, The Hon. Mr Perrottet yesterday announced $6 billion over four years to build and upgrade 170 schools and $8 billion over four years to build and upgrade 40 hospitals. This funding is welcome, however, it needs to be rolled out in a considered way to ensure the best outcomes and value for money for the people of NSW.<\/p>\n

\u2018Architects will lead the design of spaces for education and health that best support teachers, students, patients, health professionals and the public,\u2019 said the Australian Institute of Architects\u2019 NSW Chapter President, Mr Andrew Nimmo. \u2018However, they need to work to a well-developed brief, with a shared commitment to design excellence and be supported by a fair procurement process that recognises both the real cost and value of design. That has not always been the case.\u2019<\/p>\n

In announcing the My Community Dividend, Mr Perrottet explained that: \u2018Governments don’t always have the best solutions, particularly on smaller projects that make a difference to people\u2019s lives.\u2019 The Institute recognises the key role community plays in providing input for planning and projects, and our experience shows that \u2018better places\u2019<\/em>\u00a0are achieved when architects are brought into a design-led process as collaborative partners.<\/p>\n

\u2018Architects\u2019 involvement helps ensure ideas and requirements arising from the community are developed into highly considered built forms that realise greatest community benefit and connect well with their broader context,\u2019 explained Mr Nimmo. \u2018We look forward to learning further about this initiative and receiving more detail with which to form a clearer view about how the initiative can be made to work most effectively for the people of NSW.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Institute is also pleased to note that the announcement of this program indicates a counterpoint to previous budgets, in which a greater emphasis has been placed on major infrastructure. \u2018Strong communities are brought together and supported by quality design, which relies as much on the broader infrastructure as it does the local places in which people live, and the facilities they share.\u2019<\/p>\n

From schools and hospitals to housing and community amenities, development of our built environments needs to be responsive to climate change. It must also support sustainable practices, from procurement and construction right through to the way these environments enable people to operate and move within them. It is therefore disappointing to see the low priority given to environmental issues in this budget, particularly against the backdrop of a significant underspending of money allocated in the previous budget to the Climate Change Fund.<\/p>\n

Despite housing affordability being described as \u2018the biggest issue\u2019 for people across NSW, the budget is strangely quiet on measures to address this directly. Given the NSW population is set to jump more than 40 per cent to more than 11 million by 2056 it is clear that a highly considered and committed strategy needs to be developed to ensure high quality, diverse housing options in all areas to accommodate the variously configured households that do \u2013 and will \u2013 make up our population.<\/p>\n

Mr Nimmo stated: \u2018We trust that in the coming twelve months in the lead up to the election we will be able to have a frank conversation about the need for greater housing diversity \u2013 crises rarely dissipate in the space of 12 months.\u2019<\/p>\n

Download this media\u00a0release\u00a0in\u00a0PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

For media enquiries and interviews contact:<\/strong>
\nKate Concannon<\/strong>
\nNSW Advocacy & Communications Lead<\/strong>
\nAustralian Institute of Architects<\/strong>
\nM. +61 (0) 406 306 447<\/strong>
\nkate.concannon@architecture.com.au<\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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