bedsonwheels presentation night
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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
vs
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
Questions ?