Public Housing

Redevelopment

Redevelopment of Public Housing is on both the RWA and the Department of Housing agenda. Here we have bought together some material about redevelopment plans in Redfern Waterloo and the current Government thinking and experience.

Redfern LAC - Waterloo Green Safety Audit - 14 June 2007

This is the final copy of the Redfern Local Area Command Safety Audit on Waterloo Green. The report details a number of areas in need of maintenance by the Department of Housing that would substantially improve community safety around Waterloo Green. PDF 1.8MB

Waterloo Green Action Plan

The Waterloo Green Action Plan arose in September 2007 from the Safety Audit of Waterloo Green. The RWA and the Human Services Plan ISOG members had made a commitment to implement the Action Plan which aims to improve the physical and social amenity on and around Waterloo Green. The The file 91Kb MsWord .

Marton Gardens Mosaic

The large and brilliant mural mosaic is located at the Waterloo Green Marton Gardens area, which is between the high rise social housing buildings, bringing new colour and life to the area. The project was sponsored by the City of Sydney and the NSW Department of Housing and was coordinated by the Waterloo/Redfern Housing Communities Assistance Program (HCAP) (a community development program) at the Factory Community Centre, in partnership with many community organisations in the area. Young and older residents have worked together on these projects over the last 9 months - from designing, to creating, and installing the project with over 348 young people and 363 adults taking part at various stages of the project. This PDF file shows a before and after shot of the gates and the new moasic - PDF 2.1MB.

A Few Basic Figures on Redfern-Waterloo Public Housing

This information was provided by Housing NSW in January 2006 and is based a Redfern-Waterloo sub-set of Housing NSW figures similar to those used state wide for their annual report. It provides an overview of the people and the properties that make up Redfern Waterloo Public Housing. It also indicates some of the strategies being pursued in early 2006 by the Department of Housing. It was originally from a PowerPoint presentation and the information has been edited to make it suitable for display on the web.

Chamber of Commerce meets with Housing Minister - 20 Nov 2007

On Tuesday 20th November the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce met with Matt Brown the NSW Minister for Housing. The following Briefing Note was released following the meeting. The Briefing Note details some of the Chamber's concerns about issues which need to be adressed by the Department in Redfern Waterloo. File is 32KB PDF.

Waterloo Green - DoH Media release of 20 January 2008.

This is the link to the Media Statement of 20 January 2008 by Minister Matt brown concerning Waterloo Green.

Minister for Housing Letter on Waterloo Housing Issues

The following letter, dated 20 February 2008, was received by some public housing tenants from the minister for Housing NSW Matt brown addressing issues such as the RWA BEP 2 and the Human Services Accord.

Iemma Government Targets Illegal Graffiti in Waterloo

The lemma Government is launching an initiative to investigate ways to crack down on illegal graffiti, including photographing graffiti 'tags' before painting over them reports this media release from Minister for Housing Matt Brown on 12th march 2008.

Housing NSW - Future Directions Tenant Participation Program Discussion Paper - March 2008

This consultation paper outlines a proposed new direction and implementation process for Housing NSW’s Tenant Participation Program (TPP), and specifically the future funding of Tenant Participation Resource Services (TPRS), currently delivered by Regional Tenant Resource Services (RTRS) and Public Tenants Councils (PTC). (94 KB PDF)

A Tenent Response to Housing NSW - Future Directions Tenant Participation Program Discussion Paper

The future of Public Tenants Councils are in doubt as a result of the latest proposals from Housing NSW. Here Ross Smith reflects on a recent Housing NSW meeting to look at Future Directions Tenant Participation.

Housing NSW Playgrounds

These are a series of photos to show the bad state of repair of Housing NSW playgrounds in the Redfern Waterloo area. More details can be found in the Redfern Waterloo Issues Update of 14th April 2008. File is 1 MB PDF.

Waterloo Green Action Plan Draft Report Card June 2008

This is is a copy of the Draft report card presented on agency progress in the implementation of the Waterloo Green Action Plan in June 2008. File is MS Word 91Kb.

Bulldozing the past

Down-at-heel housing estates in the inner city and on the western fringes are fighting back, writes Michael Duffy in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.

Sorry state of public housing – What’s going on?

It’s been one year since NSW Minister for Housing Matt Brown witnessed the state of public housing in the Redfern/Waterloo area, and nothing has changed reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.