The NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) is working
across government and with the community to renew Waterloo’s essential social
housing infrastructure, and to deliver more homes and a vibrant place to live,
work and visit that is close to jobs and transport.
Following public exhibition of the Waterloo South Planning
Proposal by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE), LAHC is now
preparing to renew Waterloo South, delivering on the following objectives:
- More and better homes: build more and better social housing in mixed
communities to meet the needs of residents now and in the future - Positive social outcomes for residents: create a place that
supports residents’ health and wellbeing and sensitively manages impacts
on existing residents - Place-making and sustainability: supporting an inclusive
and welcoming community that is socially, economically and environmentally
sustainable - Aboriginal outcomes: support and enhance positive outcomes for the local
Aboriginal community through planning, delivery and operations - Strong partnerships: collaborate with the community, not-for-profit and
private sectors to deliver great housing, place and social outcomes
Our focus areas for renewal will be on housing and
infrastructure to support a mixed community, planning for relocations, and
creating a framework for Connecting with Country and place-making. The existing
human services workstream led by DCJ will also begin investigating future human
services needs through the redevelopment.
Consistent with other estate renewal projects, LAHC is
looking to proceed with procurement around the middle of this year while DPE
are finalising the Waterloo South Planning Proposal. This process will take
about 18 months to complete. In parallel, LAHC plan on undertaking soil testing
across waterloo south to inform procurement. Further information on the
project, including procurement and contamination testing, will be provided soon
via a newsletter, website material and updates on social media.
If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact me or the LAHC Community Engagement Team at CommunityEngagement@facs.nsw.gov.au
or 1800 738 718.