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
As part of the HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan HNSW provided a copy of the RWA BEP2 Figure 6 to encourage discussion. This file is a 1 MB JPG file. http://www.redfernwaterloo.nsw.gov.au/other/bep2/fig_6_activity_nodes_01.jpg
This is the Waterloo presentation of what residents want out of the Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan. The Waterloo presentation featured Dianne Whitworth. Presentation is 214 KB PDF. Download: waterlooreps.pdf »
This is the Redfern presentation of what residents want out of the Redfern Preliminary Masterplan. The Redfern presentation featured Brian Parker. Presentation is 209 KB PDF. Download: redfernrepsfinals.pdf »
Design Brief Summary presented by the Master Planners at the Community Design Workshops for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan in November 2011. This presentation dealt with: Key Challenges – problems that have been identified by the community and which the Master Plan will address; Key Opportunities – different ways in which the challenges can … Read more
In this background sheet HNSW Community Design Workshop for the Redfern and Waterloo Preliminary Masterplan provide the opportunity for residents and other stakeholders to work together with urban designers on some of the key aspects of the urban design. This is the background sheet from the November 2011 Community Design Workshops. File is 100 KB … Read more
Redfern Community Safety Audit (2010) – This document details the concerns and issues identified by all participants during the safety audit arround public housing in Redfern undertaken in 2010. The report says it will be the basis for planning future activity in the area in the pursuit of improved safety for residents and visitors to … Read more
The Housing NSW Repair Kit prepared by Redfern Legal Centre aims to help public housing tenants get their maintenance done. It deals with Responsibility For Repairs To Your Premises; Notice To Housing NSW Of The Need For A Repair; Urgent Repairs Applying To The Consumer, Trader & Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT); What Else Can be done? … Read more
The following article from a Staff Correspondent on the The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 17 February 1954, talks about the Slum clearance that lead to the public housing estates in Redfern and Waterloo which are now considered in need of urban renewal while the slum terraces sit in heritage areas Read More…
The full Redfern Waterloo Masterplan is someway off and will probably be done with developer funding according to budget clarification from HNSW reports the November 2011 issues of the South Sydney Herald.
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Housing NSW will now hold two community design workshops in November where residents can talk directly with planners reports the November 2011 issues of the South Sydney Herald.
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