Affordable housing

Question on Notice to the Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Special Minister of State regarding if the Government truly regards affordable housing as a priority, why did the Planning department reject the request by the Inner West Council to have the whole Council area included in SEPP 70 Affordable Housing (Revised Schemes).

Question on Notice to the Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Social Housing, and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault regarding how many social housing tenants have been evicted under the NSW Government’s three-strike rules for anti-social behaviour since the legislation was introduced in 2015.

Question on Notice to the Minister of Family and Community Services (FACS), Minister for Social Housing and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault regarding FACS tenants affected by WestConnex.

Jo Haylen MP, Member for Summer Hill, today criticised the Berejiklian Government’s Housing Affordability plan for failing to address rental affordability. 

The State Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen MP, welcomed the Labor Opposition’s package on housing affordability, announced over the weekend. The package sets mandatory housing targets that will make available tens of thousands of homes for people on low and middle incomes to rent and purchase.  

The Turnbull Government has let down Inner West families on the key issue of housing affordability in last night’s Federal Budget.

A Foley Labor government will introduce a tax on properties left vacant for longer than six months as part of its comprehensive plan to tackle housing affordability and help first home buyers get a toehold in the market. 

We must endeavour to undertake coordinated and sustainable strategic planning and the District Plans provide a unique opportunity to action this goal. We have to get this planning right.

NSW Labor has a plan to help level the playing field for first home buyers in the Inner West.

The Government has sold of $650 million worth of social housing in NSW over the past two years, including $5.93 million of assets flogged off in the Inner West.