Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
This letter was sent by The Lord Mayor Clover Moore to The Hon. Rose Jackson MLC Minister for Housing asking the Minister to ensure the new social housing in Waterloo South is comfortable, efficient and climate resilient. It follows tenants becoming aware that the new social housing in Waterloo will not have air conditioning. The… Read More…
This presentation was made by Abby Mellick Lopes (Prof of Social Design UTS) and Stephen Healy (As Prof Human Geography and Urban Studies WSU to the REDWatch Meeting of 3 September 2026 on Lessening Climate Change impacts in Social Housing. This presentation was recorded and is part of the meeting on Lessening Climate Change impacts… Read More…
This presentation was made by Homes NSW and Stockland at the REDWatch meeting focused on “Lessening Climate Change impacts in Social Housing”. It deals with the approach to designing for thermal comfort taken by both Homes NSW and Stockland. It includes the announcement that Homes NSW will seek funding to include air-conditioning in the Waterloo… Read More…
This presentation set out to cover: About Community Housing Providers (CHP), Support provided by CHPs and What is different between public and community housing and what is the same? This was the first public presentations by the Waterloo South CHPs and it focused on social housing. This session was recorded and the presentation and questions… Read More…
Ownership of parts of the Clothing Store precinct at North Eveleigh has been transferred from Transport for NSW to Homes NSW on August 2 2026 after being announced in July 2024. Carrigeworks Way and other key precinct roads will remain in TfNSW’s own Read More…
This sheet was prepared in 2024 by the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) for the Waterloo Redevelopment Group. It compares ownership, management, dwellings under management, eligibility for Commonwealth Rent Assistance, regulation and complaints across the three different types of social housing. These are Public Housing, Aboriginal Housing and Community Housing. Please note that figures in… Read More…
This meeting with focus on CHPs and the provision of social housing. We will leave the complexities of Affordable housing for another meeting. The CHPs have agreed to attend and talk directly to tenants and the community. They will address: What is Community Housing? How does it differ from public housing? Who are the CHPs… Read More…
This is the City of Sydney written response to a REDWatch’s request for information on Council’s proposal to open up George Street Waterloo to left in left out at McEvoy Street. This proposal was referred to briefly in the Waterloo South Concept Plan where Stockland advised that nothing they were doing would prevent this option… Read More…
The Waterloo South Concept Plan exhibition closes on 2nd June 2026. REDWatch has been asked by tenants about what the issues are they should be commenting upon. There is no easy answer. The exhibition time is much shorter than previously, and a lot e Read More…
Following demolition notices being issued for Waterloo South there has been a lot of protest activity which seems to have surprised some. The extract below is taken from a REDWatch email update of 28 May 2026 about the Waterloo Demolition announcemen Read More…