Tweed Shire Council Council has declared a housing emergency in the Tweed due to a lack of availability and affordability. At its meeting on Thursday 15 April 2021, Council resolved to write to the Federal and State governments asking both to explore further opportunities for additional social and affordable housing in the Tweed. Mayor of Tweed Chris Cherry said a growing number of residents were now finding they could no longer afford to live in the Shire. “Council highlighted the lack of affordable and available housing in the Tweed back in 2018. COVID has accentuated this and what we are now seeing is a marked acceleration in this trend caused by people moving from cities and buying properties in the Tweed,” she said.