Affordable Housing Contribution Scheme

Ku-ring-gai Council recognises the urgent need for affordable housing, particularly for key workers and individuals with lower to moderate incomes who have demonstrated connections to the Ku-ring-gai local area. Council is committed to developing housing solutions that prioritise these residents, ensuring they have access to stable and secure homes.

Ku-ring-gai Council adopted its first Affordable Housing Policy on 15 April 2025 and continued to work on an Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme to support the proposed alternative Transport Oriented Development (TOD) Plan around the four stations of Gordon, Killara, Lindfield and Roseville. The draft Affordable Housing clause was included as part of the exhibition of the preferred TOD Local Environment Plan (LEP) amendments and adopted by Council in June 2025. The supporting Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme was exhibited in August/September 2025 and adopted at the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 21 October 2025. The Scheme became effective on 21 November 2025.

Indexed rates

The Ku-ring-gai Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme requires the equivalent monetary contribution rates within the Scheme to be adjusted annually by Council within one week of the first business day after 1 July or within one week of the issue of the Quarterly Rent and Sales Report, whichever occurs last. Rates will be adjusted to movement in the median price of strata dwellings in the Ku-ring-gai Local Government Area (LGA). This is published quarterly in the NSW Government Rent and Sales Report, Table 3. Sale Prices - NSW LGAs. The latest release available on 1 July 2026 was the December Quarter 2025 issued in May 2026.

The indexation calculation is as follows:

New equivalent contribution rates ($) = equivalent contribution rates x (updated median price/ former median price)

All equivalent monetary contributions should be indexed at the time of payment to ensure they are reflective of these adjustments. Affordable housing contributions required as part of a condition of consent will be indexed at the time of consent.

The current indexed contributions rates for the 2026/27 financial year between 1 July 2026 and 30 June 2027 are as follows:

Gordon	Killara	Lindfield	Roseville
$15,728.40	$16,165.30	$16,602.20	$17,476.00

 

View the Ku-ring-gai Affordable Housing Contributions Scheme(PDF, 3MB)