UTS BEDS ON WHEELS

BusinessOne Consulting

Project statement

To create an innovative housing model that empowers the Aboriginal community of Moree, NSW.

Background Information& Issues Faced During the Project

From train carriages to CLT (or pre-drab to pre-fab)

Ambiguous Project● Native-title claimed land (free land)● Rental income to Aboriginal Land Council● 1 requirement: construction cost between $35k-75k per ‘development’

Challenges with Moree:

Demographics Substance abuse

Housing Shortage Unemployment

Discrimination Crime capital

Recommendations

The Roadmap

The Community Land Trust Model❖ Building a Community Land Trust under a Shared-Equity and

99-year lease legal model➢ Shared-Equity: CLT and tenant shares the title➢ 99-year lease: tenant obtains lease for 99 years

❖ Australian legal restrictions: Can’t separate fixtures from land

❖ Examples of successful CLT: ➢ Mount Alexander CLT, Central Victoria➢ Troy Gardens,Wisconsin, USA

Cost-Leadership through Prefabricated Housing

❖ Economies of scale through manufacturing

❖ Shorter Lead Times❖ Limited Bottlenecks❖ Standardised

maintenance and parts

❖ Diseconomies of scale ➢ Low population➢ Declining growth rate➢ Agrarian economy

❖ Labour main cost factor in Moree construction

❖ Bottlenecks ❖ Construction costs often

greater than resale value ➢ The Brigalow Project

Prefabricated Housing Conventional Housing

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Product/Service differentiation through cultural accommodation

❖ Public housing product assumes a nuclear family; not catered to Aboriginal cultural and social norms

❖ Has led to overcrowding, poor maintenance, short tenancies

With this lies a key opportunity:❖ Alleviate the problems through cultural accommodation❖ Design housing to suit cultural needs: verandahs, external

cooking spaces, large living spaces (bedrooms do not have to be big), realistic guest policy

❖ Combine cost-leadership with product differentiation

Expanding the Value Proposition❖ The CLT can be an instrument of social change

➢ Strategic partnerships with non-profit organisations and education institutions to create a sustainable environment to thrive.■ Partnerships with AA and PCYC to solve the culture of drugs,

alcohol and crime■ Partnerships to create employment opportunities

Value Proposition Expansion: Beyond Housing

❖ In order to make the CLT an instrument of social change, an

organisational structure is required.

➢ To ensure smooth running of the CLT

➢ Decision making on various partnerships

➢ Voice the opinions of residents to governments

➢ Tenancy management and disciplinary actions

➢ Community engagement projects such as running a

community garden

3-Tier Pricing strategy to fund CLT & its services

Vision of Bed on Wheels

● Social housing that works with cultural and social

norms to facilitate social change

● Demonstrate the potential of housing by example:

housing as a ‘transformative ecosystem’ linking

social enterprise with policy initiatives

● Umbrella organisation to champion the CLT model

in all public housing projects

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