Pemulwuy approval ends long housing struggle on The Block

The Independent Planning Commission has approved the Pemulwuy Project proposal for a 24 storey student housing building along the railway line adjacent to the already approved Pemulwuy Project including 62 Affordable Housing units on The Block in Redfern. The approval means that the Aboriginal Housi Read More…

COMMISSION APPROVES HIGH-RISE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION FOR “THE BLOCK”

The Independent Planning Commission has approved the Pemulwuy Project proposal for a 24 storey student housing building along the railway line adjacent to the already approved Pemulwuy Project 62 Affordable Housing units on The Block in Redfern. The approval means that the Aboriginal Housing Company Read More…

AHC Pemulwuy Project Student Housing Proposed Changes

The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) has submitted revised plans to the Department of Planning and received the Department’s requirements for changes to the Student Housing element of the already approved Pemulwuy Project. Below is an outline by REDWatch of the AHC proposal from their submission and Read More…

Public Hearing Reclassification of Council land for Pemulwuy Project – 14 Mar 2012

Have Your Say – Public Hearing Reclassification of land 91-99 Eveleigh Street, Redfern (known as Pemulwuy Park) and 119-121 Eveleigh Street, Redfern (known as the Eveleigh Street Playground). Read More…

Pemulwuy Mixed Use Development – Exhibition until 29 Feb 2012

Below is the text of the letter sent on 13 January 2012 by the Department of Planning & Infrastructure to land owners in the vicinity of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s proposed Pemulwuy Project. At the foot of this page we have provided links to the pages where the documents on exhibition will app Read More…

Council Support for the Pemulwuy Project

The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project has moved another step closer, with a Council Committee recommending that Council grant owner’s consent for a Development Application to be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure reports this extract from Clover’s eNews of Fri Read More…

Pemulwuy housing made more affordable

REDFERN: On October 20 Tanya Plibersek, Federal Member for Sydney, met with Mick Mundine at the office of the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) following its successful application under the Gillard Government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). The scheme funds affordable rental housing, Read More…

Pemulwuy Project & Council Land Swap Info Meeting

This is advance notice of an independently facilitated meeting to present City Council and Aboriginal Housing Company about the land swap connected to the Pemulwuy project. It will be followed by an AHC presentation on the Pemulwuy Project. Read More…

AHC to receive Federal Affordable Housing Support

The Aboriginal Housing Company’s application for Affordable housing support under the Gillard Governments National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) has been successful. Local Member Tanya Plibersek met with the AHC on 20th October to announce that Three projects in Redfem will deliver 114 new affo Read More…

Student Accommodation for 157 Cleveland Street

A proposal for student accommodation at 157 Cleveland Street has seen student accommodation provider urbanest commenced door-knocking and letter boxing (of the letter below) for the 157 Cleveland St project on 30 August 2011. This lead up to a community meeting on Saturday 17 September 2011 in the R Read More…

Transfer of land in Redfern to the Aboriginal Housing Company from Council

The City proposes to transfer this land to the Aboriginal Housing Company, to help provide housing and other facilities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, for $20. The transfer of land for a nominal sum reflects the City of Sydney’s support of the project. The transfer of land Read More…