Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Redfern Waterloo is home to many public housing tenants. Changes in both Federal and NSW Government funding and policy over the years is seeing increased pressure on public tenants and on the suburbs
It’s been one year since NSW Minister for Housing Matt Brown witnessed the state of public housing in the Redfern/Waterloo area, and nothing has changed reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008. Read More…
Down-at-heel housing estates in the inner city and on the western fringes are fighting back, writes Michael Duffy in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008. Read More…
This is is a copy of the Draft report card presented on agency progress in the implementation of the Waterloo Green Action Plan in June 2008. File is MS Word 91Kb. Download: WG Report Card with draft community comments June 2 2008.doc »
These are a series of photos to show the bad state of repair of Housing NSW playgrounds in the Redfern Waterloo area. More details can be found in the Redfern Waterloo Issues Update of 14th April 2008. File is 1 MB PDF. Download: HNSW Playground photos.pdf »
This consultation paper outlines a proposed new direction and implementation process for Housing NSW’s Tenant Participation Program (TPP), and specifically the future funding of Tenant Participation Resource Services (TPRS), currently delivered by Regional Tenant Resource Services (RTRS) and Public Tenants Councils (PTC). (94 KB PDF) Download: SPB 1657 TAB 1 TPP CONSULT PAPER.pdf »
The lemma Government is launching an initiative to investigate ways to crack down on illegal graffiti, including photographing graffiti ‘tags’ before painting over them reports this media release from Minister for Housing Matt Brown on 12th march 2008. http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/080312mb/
Minister for Housing, Matt Brown announced on 9 January 2008 that the demolition of old public housing buildings in Redfern is underway to make way for better, greener homes for those in need reports this media release from Matt Brown NSW Minister for Housing . http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/080109hn/
This is the link to the Media Statement of 20 January 2008 by Minister Matt brown concerning Waterloo Green. http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/080120hn/%20
On Tuesday 20th November the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce met with Matt Brown the NSW Minister for Housing. The following Briefing Note was released following the meeting. The Briefing Note details some of the Chamber’s concerns about issues which need to be adressed by the Department in Redfern Waterloo. File is 32KB PDF. Download: … Read more
The Waterloo Green Action Plan arose in September 2007 from the Safety Audit of Waterloo Green. The RWA and the Human Services Plan ISOG members had made a commitment to implement the Action Plan which aims to improve the physical and social amenity on and around Waterloo Green. The The file 91Kb MsWord . Download: … Read more