Lake Macquarie City Council has identified that it will have 25% of its population aged 65+ within 10 years up from 17% today an increase of 41%. It says it will aggressively pinpoint land for zoning for affordable housing and adaptable housing for the aged. Even today it has assessed it is meeting only 20% of demand.
ATO plans to charge GST on manufactured home parks scrapped
A concerted effort by the Residents Association of manufactured home parks has headed off the ATO which had planned to impose GST in mobile homes. This would have added 10% to the cost of the purchase of a home