Securing affordable housing options and energy costs.
PREAMBLE
As local property prices escalate and mortgage and rental stress become more common, many employees are being forced out of the electorate. In addition, the massive increase in energy prices are posing problems for many sectors of our community including our most vulnerable people.
POLICIES
Affordable housing makes for a sustainable community
Sandy believes that a dynamic and balanced community must have affordable housing at all income levels. She will continue to collaborate with Noosa Council on this and other relevant matters to progress State policy and initiatives to benefit people on lower incomes.
Escalating energy prices are hitting people hard
A caring community ensures its vulnerable citizens are not denied a decent lifestyle because of avoidable costs. Spiralling energy prices, partly due to State government decisions, have made many people’s lives more difficult. Alternative renewable sources like solar are increasingly available but carry relatively high capital costs.
The State government has a responsibility to ensure it is not benefiting from high energy prices at the expense of its people’s well-being and that renewable options are more readily available to low income earners. Sandy will apply her advocacy skills to finding ways and means to defray power costs and assist the less well-off to acquire lower cost renewable technologies.