Affordable housing—the Act, s 1.4(1)
13 Affordable housing—the Act, s 1.4(1)
In this Policy, a household is taken to be a very low income household, low income household or moderate income household if—
the household—
has a gross income within the following ranges of percentages of the median household income for Greater Sydney or the Rest of NSW—
very low income household—less than 50%,
low income household—50–less than 80%,
moderate income household—80–120%, and
pays no more than 30% of the gross income in rent, or
the household—
is eligible to occupy rental accommodation under the National Rental Affordability Scheme, and
pays no more rent than the rent that would be charged if the household were to occupy rental accommodation under the Scheme.
In this section—
Greater Sydney means the area that the Australian Bureau of Statistics determines from time to time to be the Greater Sydney—Greater Capital City Statistical Area.
National Rental Affordability Scheme has the same meaning as in the National Rental Affordability Scheme Act 2008 of the Commonwealth.
Rest of NSW means the area that the Australian Bureau of Statistics determines from time to time to be the Rest of NSW—Greater Capital City Statistical Area.
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