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Affordable Housing mentions elsewhere on the REDWatch website
This collection is a search of the REDWatch Website for all references to Affordable Housing with the most recent first.
- RWA Questions at Estimates Hearing - 16th September 2009
- Below we have extracted the examination of proposed expenditure for the portfolio areas of Planning and Redfern Waterloo by General Purpose Standing Commiittee No. 4 on Wednesday 16 September 2009. This transcript has been extracted from the draft transcript. For the final transcript please refer to the link at the end of this transcript.
- Getting to know Roy Wakelin-King
- We stand at the windows of Roy Wakelin-King’s office and there is no doubt that he, like us, loves the view – Redfern stretching out towards the city. In fact, one of the strongest impressions which runs through our conversation with him is that he truly enjoys his work and his interactions with the community around him reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of September 2009.
- The Fast News - Compiled by Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of September 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Homelessness Count Reveals Need
- The City's latest homelessness Street Count reveals the dramatic affect of the global financial crisis on some Sydneysiders. The Count shows 12.7 per cent more people sleeping rough on Sydney's streets this winter, compared with August 2008 reports CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 28 August 2009 - No. 462.
- Factory Community Centre Supports Aldi for Waterloo
- In the letter below to Council on 26 August 2009 the Factory Community Centre came out in support of a Development Application incorporating an Aldi Supermarket in Waterloo (City of Sydney Council DA D/2009/633). The Factory Submission reads:
- RWIU 17 August 2009
- In this Update: Apologies for Break in Updates / CoS Redfern Waterloo Eveleigh Community Forum – 17 August 2009 / Darlington Initiatives including Pedestrian, Cycling & Traffic Calming Plan Feedback – Wednesday 2 September 2009 / RWA Human Services Plan Evaluation Finally Released / Exhibition of Amended RWA Redfern Town Centre Development Controls / Redfern RSL Site Public Exhibition until 28 August 2009 / Redevelopment of the Car Park at 7-9 Gibbons Street Redfern / Developer Looks for Changes on Approved Rachel Forster Site Plans / Built Environment Plan 2 – What do you want from it? / AHC’s Pemulwuy Project Concept Plan Finally Approved / Eveleigh Heritage Tourism Potential to be explored / Opportunity for International Rail Heritage Conference delegates to visit Eveleigh / Redfern History Focus of Sesquicentenary / Redfern Business Precinct Study Recommendations to be Acted Upon / Community Safety in Redfern Waterloo / Will Aldi come to Redfern or Waterloo? / Some RWA News / RWA DAs on Exhibition / NCIE Board, CEO, Newsletter and Website / Frasers Broadway Abercrombie & Broadway Blocks and Main Park on Exhibition until 11 September 2009 / Recent Books about Redfern Waterloo / Connect Redfern - Updated Children & Family Lists / In the Media / South Sydney Herald June 2009 / Have your say – Summary of Current Consultations
- BUILDING LOW INCOME WORKER HOUSING
- On Monday night, Council supported an amendment to its planning policies to enable the City West Housing Company to build affordable rental housing across the City of Sydney area reports Clover Moore's eNews of Friday 14 August 2009 - No. 460.
- Frasers Property contributes $6 million to affordable housing
- Leading international developer, Frasers Property, has paid the first $6 million instalment of a total $32 million it pledged to the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) as part of its purchase agreement to acquire and develop the Carlton United Brewery site in Chippendale reports this media release from Frasers on 1 July 2009.
- The Difficult Rebirth of Redfern
- This article by Geoff Turnbull from "There goes the Neighbourhood: Redfern and the Politics of Urban Space" looks at Government interventions in Redfern since the establishment of the Premier's Departments Redfern Waterloo Partnership Project.
- Starved Waterloo begs for groceries
- Discount grocery chain ALDI’s bid to set up shop in Waterloo has brought a wave of support from residents, who say the franchise could provide affordable relief to famished area reports Angus Thompson in City News of 6 August 2009.
- Speculation on Broadway
- Two years ago to the month the SSH reported the eviction of tenants from the Carlton & United Breweries site on Broadway. In the same month, the site was purchased for development by Frasers Property reports Ann Deslandes in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Affordable Housing SEPP Released - 1 August 2009
- Premier Nathan Rees announced today the Government had delivered its promise to make it easier to build affordable housing – cheaper rental properties, granny flats and specialised social housing reports this Media Release of 1 August 2009.
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Human Services Plan Phase 1 - 18 Month Evaluation Report
- This is the Human Services Plan Phase 1 - 18 Month Evaluation Report (pdf ~251kb) released by the RWA on 28 July 2009. This was 12 months aftert the evaluation was anounced in the RWA Update in July 2008.
- Chap off the old Block is pushing hard for the new
- Like the Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy, who fought early colonists, Mick Mundine is no shirker and is hell bent on redeveloping The Block, his patch for almost 40 years. John Ellicott reports in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18 May 2009.
- RWIU 5 May 2009
- In this Update: Reminder about RWIU & REDWatch website changes / REDWatch Community Forum - What is the Future of Community Safety in Redfern Waterloo? – 6pm Wednesday 6 May 2009 / NIDC becomes National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) & Youth Advisory Committee Nominations close 29 May 2009 / Frasers’ community commitments to be delivered as scheduled including to RWA / Minister Raises Expectations for Change / Roy Wakelin-King Background / RailCorp North Eveleigh Demolition DA – Until 20 May 2009 / Alcohol Free Zones (AFZ) Exhibition Deadline extended to 20 May 2009 / Council Development Applications on Exhibition / Erskineville Supermarket resubmitted – Community Meeting Wednesday 13 May 2009 / Redfern Waterloo Volunteers Awards - May 15, 2009 / There goes the Neighbourhood – Book, Exhibition and Public Programme about Redfern – 22 May to 27 June 2009 / RWCC Business Networking Function – ATP Tuesday 2nd June 5.30pm / Eveleigh Markets & CarriageWorks Kids Lucky Dip Workshops – Saturdays / Connect Redfern - Updated Children & Family Lists / RWA April 2009 Update / ANZAC March gets good coverage for Coloured Diggers / In the Media / South Sydney Herald May 2009 / Have your say – Summary of Current Consultations
- SSH The Fast News - May 2009
- Trevor Davies in Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009 covers a number of items of interest to Redfern Waterloo including the future of secondary bus routes, RWA’s newe CEO, The Urban Taskforce on affordable housing and staff cuts planned for Erskineville and Redfern railway stations.
- Councillors unite to support Affordable Housing Strategy
- On the issue of affordable housing, we may have a united City of Sydney Council. In fact, on this occasion, the smaller parties are publicly speaking out in defence of the Council’s Draft Affordable Housing Policy as developers move against the public interest reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Life after prison
- Christopher [not his real name] is a man who understands the hard-hitting effects of the criminal justice system reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- RWA meets with Frasers Property to discuss Voluntary Planning Agreement
- The new Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA), Mr Roy Wakelin-King met yesterday with key executives from Frasers Property, the owners of the former Carlton United Brewery (CUB) site, to discuss the Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) that has been made with the RWA reports this media release from the RWA on 23 April 2009.
- April 2009 - RWA Update – Text Version
- March 2009 - RWA Update – Text Version / North Eveleigh Concept Plan approved / New CEO Roy Wakelin-King writes / All Blacks basketball teams are winners / Eveleigh Market is open for business / The Coloured Digger Project – ANZAC Day 2009 / Housing NSW Redfern Redevelopment Project: 106 houses and 20 jobs / Congratulations Allana! RWA’s frst trade qualifed carpenter / On the tools and in the classroom / Factory Community Centre: 30 years – still going strong / Koori Job Ready Course in warehousing and storage / Rohan Tobler honoured at ACTU Awards / New sport and recreational services in Redfern / Need assistance?
