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The Project for A More Liveable Australia House Plans
09/20/2010

The Federal government had launch a new voluntary agreement with the industry, expressing that there will be a launch for the Universal Housing Design Standards today in a push for all new homes – which is about 140, 000 a year – and this is to meet specific targets by 2020 to meet the new rating system.

So all new houses will have the include a much wider or spacious doorways, ground level baths, and entry level access to comply with the new voluntary building guidelines which helps in improving the living standards for young families, the old and the disabled.

There will also new designs to be used for baby prams and wheel chairs, and thus will have to reinforced bathroom walls for railings and make some movement later on easier. There will be a cradle to the grave policy to make all the homes liveable for the next generations.

In a voluntary agreement with the industry, the move will expect that up to 30,000 homes for at least 20 percent, there will be new set of standards within three years. It will be expected that the homes, private and public housing, will be under the three tier ratings system which will identify whether the place will be liveable or not.

It was said that the new building system is set to revolutionise the way it assesses land values, with some ramifications for the amount of land tax, on which NSW residents pay. And this will be the starting program for at least 1500 homes in Western Sydney suburb.

The estimate will run for at least around $1000 and $2000 to a new home, depending on the design rules. At $30,000 will be saved in retrofitting homes to cope with changing needs. The new standards were completed in an agreement, which has been facilitated by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s wife Therese Rein in - between the Housing Industry of Australia, the Real Estate Institute, Master Builders, the Property Council and the Federal Government

”Universal Housing Design is housing which meet the needs of all people, including people with disability and senior Australians,” Mr Shorten said.

Land tax, on all property except the principal place of residence, is one of the NSW Government’s biggest taxes, accounting for $2.3 billion a year.