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MORNINGTON Peninsula Shire is seeking public reaction to plans that could see a 3.3 per cent levy on new houses.The levy would not apply to renovations to existing home; new houses replacing existing ones; granny flats; or public buildings.Calling the proposed levy an “innovative solution to ease the housing crisis”, the shire last week issued a statement asking if residents would “treat social housing as essential infrastructure, much like public open space, car parking and drainage”. It said the peninsula’s “growing housing crisis” was “devastating families and individuals”.While acknowledging social housing as being “largely” the responsibility of state and federal…