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An Aussie council is planning to sell land on the cheap.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe proposed assistance supports Council\u2019s adopted strategic goal to support Waterfall Way Community Land Trust in exploring alternative pathways for moderate-to-middle income households to access secure home ownership through a community land trust model.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Council, which is reported to be in over $2.5m of debt and has raised rates by almost as much as a third over the past few years, has invited public submissions on the proposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile public notice is not required in this instance, Council has chosen to publicly exhibit the proposed financial assistance to ensure transparency and provide the community with an opportunity to comment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Belligen locals have been hit with huge council rate hikes in recent years.<\/p>\n
And judging by the response on its social media channels, the Council, which has also been considering the \u2018ongoing impacts of colonisation\u201d as part of its \u2018Modern Slavery Policy\u2019, which has received just two submissions, should be readying itself for some fiery feedback.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll give you $10 for it,\u201d wrote one person.<\/p>\n
\u201cWill our rates increase \u2026 AGAIN?\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho value it at that,\u201d said a third commenter.<\/p>\n
Genevieve Staunton-Latimer lives opposite the Ferry St site and described the council move as a\u201dreckless use of other people\u2019s money\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur rates went up $400 just this year,\u201d she told The Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis block alone would generate 3.5 per cent of the income they receive from rates.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything is being reduced and we are paying more and getting less and the council is still broke.\u201d<\/p>\n Urunga is about 250km south of Byron Bay on the NSW North Coast<\/p>\n Submissions to the proposal <\/a>close on July 29.<\/p>\n MORE: Australia\u2019s $85bn savings crisis exposed<\/a><\/p>\n