Um… the headline seems to be completely backwards.
Surely the councils that can’t meet the target should get extra funding so they can meet the target?! From the the content of the article, that seems to be what is actually happening.
New South Wales councils that meet and beat new housing targets will be given extra cash for sporting facilities, parks, footpaths and road maintenance as part of the state government’s push to build nearly 400,000 new homes over the next five years.
It seems to be more that housing is already being built but that councils can’t afford to add the supporting infrastructure, so this will help with that. But this should also help with encouraging councils to meet those housing targets, when they know they’ll get additional funding.
On closer read, I see what you mean. I think this may be the key point:
The government will set aside $200m in grants to encourage the dozens of councils with updated local housing targets to do more; money will go only to the councils that meet “key milestones”.
I assume those key milestones would not mean they’ve already met the new targets, but have shown progress on them. So councils that aren’t making a sincere effort don’t get the extra funding. Would be nice to see more detail and what the milestones are.
Um… the headline seems to be completely backwards.
Surely the councils that can’t meet the target should get extra funding so they can meet the target?! From the the content of the article, that seems to be what is actually happening.
It seems to be more that housing is already being built but that councils can’t afford to add the supporting infrastructure, so this will help with that. But this should also help with encouraging councils to meet those housing targets, when they know they’ll get additional funding.On closer read, I see what you mean. I think this may be the key point:
I assume those key milestones would not mean they’ve already met the new targets, but have shown progress on them. So councils that aren’t making a sincere effort don’t get the extra funding. Would be nice to see more detail and what the milestones are.