Mr Hogan also said the city needs to develop more space for housing, like the Northern Lismore Plateau. The other thing that we need crucially in the region is more houses and more rentals, he said. The Northern Plateau development has been on the book in Lismore City Council for decades, and I look forward to council supporting that development, because we need those houses. When asked if he was pointing at those three topics specifically because Cr Ekins has opposed them in the past, Mr Hogan shrugged his shoulders. Â Â Mr Hogan said all those initiatives would mean jobs for the region.