REDWatch’s meeting with the Minister followed meetings with
RWA/SMDA CEO Roy Wakelin-King and Housing NSW CEO Mike Allen to discuss
REDWatch’s concerns about the government plans for the area’s public housing
redevelopment. In particular REDWatch is concerned that Housing NSW is only
doing a Preliminary Master Plan. This is much less that the comprehensive
Masterplan promised in the RWA BEP2 which remains to be finalised and will set
the planning controls within which the Master Plan is supposed to be
constructed.
REDWatch is also concerned that Housing NSW seems not to be
planning for the cost of the refurbishment of the high rises and for purchasing
the 700 units of public housing elsewhere in the City Council area. In addition
to making it clear that he had instructed the SMDA to deal transparently with the
community and that if this did not happen then REDWatch should get back to him,
the Minister also supported REDWatch’s argument that Government should find
funds to do a full Master Plan.
Source: October 2011 South Sydney Herald http://www.southsydneyherald.com.au/