The decision was taken at the 54th Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under PMAY-U held here. The meeting was attended by 13 states and the Union Territories (UTs). This was the first CSMC meeting during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.
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MORE than 500 submissions have opposed a change to the current territory plan that could see a Griffith property rezoned to allow for medium-density units.
Part of the government’s Demonstration Housing Project, an initiative designed to help urban renewal, it would involve bulldozing a home on Blaxland Street to make way for a two-storey, four-unit âManor Houseâ with nine car park spaces.
It also requires a variation to the RZ1 criteria to allow for medium-density units on a residential block.
Written comments about the draft variation were invited until April 26 and out of the 526 comments only five of them supported what the government is proposing. Â
An image of the proposed demonstration house in Griffith.
“Have a look at the new suburbs being built. There’s the reality of just how much our bureaucratic planners have learnt from the abundance of evidence of what to do and what not to do. They have learnt nothing!” writes “Canberra Matters” columnist
PAUL COSTIGAN.
Paul Costigan.
To quote from the government’s urban renewal site: “The Demonstration Housing Project aims to test innovative forms of housing to address the emerging needs of Canberrans.
“Working with the Demonstration Housing proponents, the project will deliver a handful of built homes that showcase different housing types such as co-housing and ageing-in-place homes to make for a more sustainable and inclusive future for Canberra.”