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Private land to be seized for housing    
   
 THE state government is rushing to prepare laws to create a development authority with sweepingpowers to compulsorily acquire and rezone privately owned land for resale to developers.With Sydney's population set to grow 40 per cent to six million in the next 25 years, the government hasdecided it needs a Metropolitan Development Authority to buy privately owned land near rail and busroutes for medium- and high-density housing.Legislation for the new authority, believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, will be introduced beforeJune in an attempt to increase housing construction rates, which are the lowest on record even thoughthe city's population is growing at the fastest rate since the 1960s.Cabinet is still fine-tuning details, including the contentious issue of the amount of compensation paid tolandowners whose properties are compulsorily acquired by the government for resale.       
  
While government departments such as the Roads and Traffic Authority have the power to compulsorilyacquire land, they can only do so when it is used for a public purpose.In contrast, the Metropolitan Development Authority will for the first time allow compulsory acquisition ofland for private companies to construct and sell housing for profit.A spokesman for the Planning Minister, Tony Kelly, said the move was about "driving urban renewal atkey strategic sites throughout Sydney".While the proposal is likely to be contentious, developer groups say it is the only practical way to meetthe housing construction targets contained in the principal planning document for Sydney, theMetropolitan Strategy.It says Sydney needs 26,000 new homes a year but only 14,000 are being built, a shortfall developerssay is largely due to the difficulty in obtaining suitable sites.           
As well as acquiring land, the authority will decide which areas should be included in new areas forhousing and employment and then "partner with councils" to rezone them.     
   
 The plan for the authority follows the release of draft legislation two years ago by the former planningminister Frank Sartor to give the government powers to compulsorily acquire land for urban renewalwhere there was a "net public benefit".The proposal lapsed after a public backlash, and developer bodies are keen to avoid this happeningagain.One lobby group, the Urban Taskforce, wants the government to pass on to landowners the fullincrease in value that results from rezoning."Landholder compensation must be valued based on the rezoned value of the land following thegranting of the final development approval in connection with the urban renewal project," the taskforcechief executive, Aaron Gadiel, said in a letter to Mr Kelly.    
       
He said the government should look at the British model where, for 10 years after compulsoryacquisition, a landowner is entitled to claim compensation for any increased value of the land fromrezoning or other planning approval.A spokesman for Mr Kelly said this was under discussion. "In relation to issues such as the model ofcompulsory acquisition, consideration will be given to models from other jurisdictions and to submissions本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。