Plan for Gabba tower cites affordable housing ... but doesn’t include any

3 years ago by Zagorath to c/brisbane

“Due to the prominent inner-city location of the site, the provision of affordable dwellings within the building is not considered appropriate,” town planners say.

“Due to the prominent inner-city location of the site, the provision of affordable dwellings within the building is not considered appropriate. Units within the development will, however, be an aspirational purchase decision for many who will use the purchase to elevate themselves up the property ladder,” Saunders Havill Group said.

“...[T]his will then provide opportunity for others to step into dwellings vacated by those purchasers, which are traditionally located in more affordable areas of the city.”

So according to these arseholes, people on lower incomes don't deserve to be able to live close to the CBD.

anathema_device 7 points 3 years ago

@Zagorath " the provision of affordable dwellings within the building is not considered appropriate"

Not considered appropriate by whom? (I mean, I can guess)

" Units within the development will, however, be an aspirational purchase decision"

Wow that is some bullshit :(

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Zagorath 9 points 3 years ago

By the "town planners" that were hired by the developer.

The developer being Aria, and the "town planners" being Saunders Havill Group.

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anathema_device 7 points 3 years ago

@Zagorath

No conflict of interest there then :(

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BNE 1 point 3 years ago

Fuck Aria. They're eating the inner suburbs and no one is stopping them. Did the same shit in Fish Lane - except they decided to add an extra 2-5 floors (iirc) above both the plans and the council limitations.

One quick bribe (donation), problem gone.

And the public green space required to build was immediately turned into private commercial Alfresco space, because fuck you.

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joel 6 points 3 years ago

“Ew no poors thanks” says developers. Ugh.

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macrocephalic 4 points 3 years ago

The poor's need something to aspire to, apparently. You're only poor because you didn't pull hard enough in your bootstraps.

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