Affordable housing

It is clear that where this Government is concerned, innovation extends only so far as selling off something, and there is absolutely no limit to what it will privatise. Now the Government has put a price tag on the very system which underpins the ownership of our land.

Renters deserve to feel secure in their housing and I believe it is time for us to take a hard look at what we can do in this place to make that a reality.

Jo Haylen has called on the NSW Government to review boarding house regulations to protect the rights of residents. 

Jo Haylen, the member for Summer Hill, has congratulated the Inner West Youth Homelessness Service on achieving its first anniversary. 

This bill will put an end to the abuse of sunset clauses by unscrupulous developers and it will help buyers and homeowners; but the Government can and must go further to change the culture that sacrifices our communities for greed and profit.

If the Government wants to pit developers against residents in the fight for affordable housing, I will stand with the elderly, families and the most vulnerable in our community.

Jo Haylen, the Member for Summer Hill, has called on the Baird Government to review regulations that protect Boarding House residents. 

The Member for Summer Hill, Jo Haylen, has given her inaugural speech to the NSW State Parliament. 

The NSW Opposition is today pushing for the Baird Liberal Government’s controversialGoing Home, Staying Home reforms to be debated in NSW Parliament – as the reforms put the future of 20 specialist homelessness services in inner Sydney at risk.

The NSW Labor Opposition has today condemned the Baird Liberal Government’s ‘Going Home, Staying Home’ reforms, which will force over 80 specialist homelessness services across NSW to close their doors – including shelters supporting Aboriginal women.