Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
There are a number of formal mechanisms in which tenants meet with other tenants and HNSW to raise issues which are of concern to them. At the local level Redfern and Waterloo tenants have Neighbourho
In the following statement on 27 September 2024, Homes NSW announced that from January 2025 that Homes NSW will take over responsibility for Tenant Participation and Community Engagement (TPCE) activities. This role has previously been provided by independent third parties who has been responsible f Read More…
Tenant Participation was a new policy introduced by the Department of Housing in August 1985 to enable public tenants of N.S.W. the opportunity to become involved, and have a greater say, in the planning and management of their homes. It was believed that tenants should be included in the decision making process which directly affects … Read more
In his paper “The NSW State Plan, community participation and affordable housing: Tensions between democracy and market-centric development” delivered at the Annual Marg Barry Memorial Lecture 2012 on 6 December 2012, Dr Dallas Rogers from the Urban Research Centre at University of Western Sydney explores 10 tensions between democratic expectations and democratic realities in tenant … Read more
In July 2010, the Queensland Department of Communities commenced a review of its Tenant Participation program. This review provided the department with an opportunity to consider the fundamental delivery of Tenant Participation for social housing tenants in Queensland. This is the summary report and recommendations. This report has disappeared from the Department’s website since the … Read more
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 »