Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Redevelopment of Public Housing is on both the RWA and the Department of Housing agenda. Here we have bought together some material about redevelopment plans in Redfern Waterloo and the current Govern
NSW Housing Minister David Borger and Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that over $9.2 million is being invested in the inner Sydney suburbs of Glebe, Redfern, Waterloo, Marrickville and Sydney to upgrade 3104 social housing homes reports this media release of 14 April 2009 fr 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…
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/
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 Urban Design Study showed the current Height controls for the area, as well as the actual Heights and made proposals about the Heights that should be in new City of Sydney controls. We have shown here the maps that show the actual Heights that currently exisit as well as what has been proposed by … Read more
The Urban Design Study showed the current Floor Space Ratio (FSR) controls for the area, as well as the actual FSR’s and made proposals about the FSR’s that should be in new City of Sydney controls. We have shown here the maps that show the actual FSR’s that exisit as well as what has been … Read more
This map shows building type in the Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study Area and hence helps to identify the range of buildings held by the Department of Housing in the Waterloo & Redfern area. PDF 379 Kb. Download: RWUD Building Type.pdf »
This is the Heritage map from the Waterloo & Redfern Urban Design Study. It show some of the issues facing DoH if it wished to consolidation its land holdings in the “Elizabeth Street” Urban Design Study area. PDF 360 Kb. Download: RWUD Heritage.pdf »
The City of Sydney Urban Design Study takes the towers on Phillip Street Waterloo as an example of how the site could be redeveloped to provide higher density and eventually remove the towers. It proposes reopening George Street and turning current public open space into more housing and private open space for tenants. File is … Read more
This is the extract covering the DoH properties in Waterloo that are largely unconsolidated in the area generally boundered by Pitt, Phillip, Morehead and McEvoy Streets. This area has a number of heritage features which are shown on the heritage map. PDF 1.8 MB. Download: RWUD Elizabeth Street.pdf »