Housing News Digest
Housing News Digest
The Tenants' Union Housing News Digest compiles our pick of items from all the latest tenancy and housing media, sent once per week, on Thursdays.
Below is the Digest archive from November 2020 onwards. From time to time you will find additional items in the archive that did not make it into the weekly Digest email. Earlier archives are here, where you can also find additional digests by other organisations.
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Archive
Ministers set to clash over plan to slash housing target by 40 per cent
Angus Thompson The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall)NSW government minister Victor Dominello has thrown his support behind a council in his electorate that voted to dramatically slash housing targets, opening the door for a policy rift with Planning Minister Rob Stokes.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/ministers-set-to-clash-over-…
# NSW, Local Government, Planning and development.The families who pay the price of Sydney’s love affair with toll roads
Matt Wade The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall)Death and taxes are certainties the world over. But for Sydney motorists there’s a third: road tolls. By my count the city now has 12 of Australia’s 21 tolled roads – so with a fifth of the population, Sydney supports more than half the nation’s tollways. We’re not just a national outlier on this count. Sydney University transport economist Professor David Hensher estimates Greater Sydney has more toll-road kilometres than any other urban area in the world. Sydney, he says, has become “the great laboratory” for the study of tollways.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-families-who-pay…
# NSW, Planning and development.Cheap house price growth outstrips millionaire neighbours
Jennifer Duke The Sydney Morning Herald (Paywall)Sydney’s most affordable houses increased in value twice as fast as the top end of town during 2020, and first-time buyers are tipped to rush into the market at record levels in the new year to take advantage of government grants and historically low interest rates.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/cheap-house-price-growth…
# NSW, Housing affordability, Housing market.Aboriginal housing built and set to let
Lyn Turnbull (No paywall)The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) has delivered on its promise to build 62 affordable homes for rent to Aboriginal families as the first stage of the Pemulwuy Project. (South Sydney Herald)
https://southsydneyherald.com.au/aboriginal-housing-built-and-se…
# NSW, Aboriginal renters, Students.Greens split over heritage
(No paywall)The Inner West Council narrowly decided against listing Marrickville’s Church of Christ as heritage last month, instead supporting its transformation into affordable housing’. Check out page 15, December 2020 issue of Inner West Independent
# NSW, Affordable housing, Heritage listings.New city public housing developments
Geoff Turnbull (No paywall)Geoff Turnbull writes: ‘LAHC has announced two new public housing redevelopments in the City of Sydney. It has put proposals for the redevelopment of Franklyn Street Glebe and Explorer Street South Eveleigh out for pre-lodgement consultations until December 11 (see the communitiesplus.com.au website). LAHC expects the two sites together will deliver 850 new dwellings with about 250 social housing units.’ (South Sydney Herald)
https://southsydneyherald.com.au/new-city-public-housing-redevel…
# Hot topic NSW, Public and community housing, Affordable housing.Government slashes public housing
Rida Babar (No paywall)The government has announced that public land in Glebe and Everleigh will soon be opened up for private development rather than for social and affordable housing. Check out page 7, December 2020 issue of Inner West Independent
# Hot topic NSW, Public and community housing, Affordable housing.Shelter NSW e-bulletin
(No paywall)Check out Shelter NSW’s December 2020 e-bulletin here. This edition includes stories on ‘Social Housing Renewal – are the People of NSW getting a good deal? ‘ (with a specific look at what’s happening in Glebe and Everleigh) and ‘Rental Stress - still the main experience of very-low and low oncome households
https://mailchi.mp/shelternsw/shelter-nsw-december-2020-ebulleti…
# Must read NSW, Campaigns and law reform.