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This is a copy of the DCJ response to Audit found in Appendix A of the June 2025 Performance Audit of DCJ Housing now Homes NSW. The letter provides the DCJ acceptance of the Audit recommendations and makes comments on each recommendation. This PDF includes the image of the DCJ Letter appearing in the Audit … Read more

You will see references to this report online but the report itself disappeared in late 2015 so we have put it up for easy access. In the Inner Sydney Voice of Summer 2015/16, Wendy Sarkissian, an experienced engagement practitioner and Life Fellow of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA), said “For practitioners like me, that … Read more

This is a copy of the REDWatch submission in January 2025 in response to the Homes NSW Discussion Paper to inform the Homes for NSW Plan. With input cutting off in February for both a Homes NSW Homelessness Strategy paper and an Audit Office enquiry into Homelessness and Social Housing, this submission may assist some … Read more

This is the Short Discussion Paper released by Homes NSW on 3 December 2024 for feedback until 20 December 2024. Homes NSW say this 2 page document is most relevant to community and consumers and contains 5 questions Homes NSW wanted feedback on. Download: 241129_HomesNSW_CondensedPaper_4_FINAL_APPROVED_ACCESSIBLE.pdf »

This is the Long Discussion Paper released by Homes NSW on 3 December 2024 for feedback until 20 December 2024. Homes NSW say this 28 page document is most relevant to to partners and housing or homelessness providers and contains 10 questions Homes NSW wanted feedback on. Download: 241129_HomesNSW_DiscussionPaper_11_FINAL_APPROVED_ACCESSIBLE.pdf »

This is the presentation slides from a presentation to REDWatch in October 2023. A video with audio is also on YouTube at https://youtu.be/QWmT76xCYzA. This session was well received by attendees and should be of value for tenants, activists, NGOs and political party members – basically anyone interested in change. Download: People Power in Cities REDWatch … Read more

This is a map from May 2021 showing Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) properties in the City of Sydney. LAHC own the land on which public and some social housing is located. The map is produced from the City of Sydney property records. Earlier in 2021 the NSW made available the locations of publicly owned … Read more

Sydney University has proposed a station on the Western Metro between RPA Hospital and Sydney University. To succeed Sydney Uni will have to knock off the already proposed Metro Station for the Bays precinct. The University proposal is that an Ultimo station can service the fish markets and surrounding areas. This PDF sets out the … Read more

This presentation was given to the REDWatch Forum on 6 July 2017 by Vivienne Milligan. It provides an overview of the origins and history of public housing in NSW and some indication of where it might be going. Download: Public Housing History Milligan.pdf »

This is a copy of a one and a half hour walking tour of the historic suburb of Waterloo produced by the Department of Housing in 1988. While it includes some of the consolidated estate it primarily covers the Waterloo heritage housing. Download: Waterloo Walk DoH 1988.pdf »

Did you know that every floor of Matavai and Turanga was fitted out differently in commemeration of Capain Cook. This 28 page booklet documents the themes and artifacts that were provided for each floor in this state of the art development. Download: Matavai and Turanga – Housing Commission Booklet – Very Small.pdf »

Dr Louise Crabtree is from Western Sydney University. She has has expertise in community-driven housing and Community Land Trusts. This presentation was delivered to a REDWatch Affordable Housing meeting on December 1 2016. It Provides an overview of Community Land trusts in the USA and the UK which are currently being modified to work in … Read more

Catherine Gilbert is a research associate from Sydney University’s Urban Housing Lab. She is from Canada and has experience in the UK. This presentation was delivered to a REDWatch Affordable Housing meeting on December 1 2016. It Provides an overview and some examples of different planning mechanisms used to deliver affordable housing internationally. The presentation … Read more

This is a copy of the June 2015 Waterloo Low Rise Building Safety Audit report is released, conducted by Waterloo Neighbourhood Board lead by Counterpoint Download: Waterloo Low Rise Buildings Safety Audit – Final Version.pdf »

This is the Relocation Fact sheet provided for tenants in government owned properties in Millers Point, the Sirius building and Gloucester Street in the Rocks by Housing NSW. File is 70KB PDF. Download: Relocation Fact Sheet.pdf »

The NSW Government & Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) the owner of public housing also produced a media pack in addition to the widely available media release from Pru Goward last Wednesday. Unlike the media release the media pack is not available on line. This media pack is attached and provides a good insight into … Read more

This is the letter from Family and Community Services Housing NSW that Millers Point tenants received had delivered on Wednesday 19 March, or found shoved under their door. Imagine how you would react if you received such a letter in similar circumstances. It is no wonder people were wandering the streets in shock! Download: Millers … Read more

This is the Social Impact Assessment commissioned by Land and Housing Corporation which the community was told it would be shown before it was used by Government. It was released along with the Government response after the Minister announced public Housing in millers Point and Rocks would be sold off. The Government response rejected a … Read more

This is the Government response to the the Government comissioned Social Impact Assessment undertaken for Millers Point. The Social Impact Assessment and the Government resposne were released after the Minister anounced that public housing in Millers Point and the Rocks would be sold. Download: Millers_Point_Government_Response_to_SIA.pdf »

While residents were supposed to be consulted in the preperation of Sydney University’s Campus Improvement Program under the Planning and Infrastructure requirements residents were unaware of the CIP until it went on exhibition in February 2014. Planning and Infrastructure said “prior to publicly exhibiting the EIS, the agency thoroughly reviewed the submitted EIS, and determined … Read more