Redevelopment

Walker Street Redfern First DoH Development

The article below by Pam Walker appeared in the Southern Courier Newspaper in 30th July 2002 and was the first residents of Walker and Elizabeth Street Redfern knew that their neighbourhood was planned to be the first of the DoH's privately financed redevelopments.

Public Private Partnerships - FACT SHEET - December 2004

This fact sheet was issued by Housing NSW to explain Public Private Partnerships with the first "social housing PPP" at Bonnyrigg.

RWA Plans

Public Housing within Redfern Waterloo was not included in the initial State Significant declaration area in Redfern Waterloo. After initially saying that redevelopment of Public Housing was not on their agenda the RWA has now said that it will start planning now for Public Housing Redevelopments in Stage Two of the Redfern Waterloo Plan.

Elizabeth & Walker Streets Redfern Redevelopment

The plan for this redevelopment was announced in July 2002 as part of the DoH's decision to use privately funded redevelopment (see article in Redevelopment tab). In September 2003 the NSW Department of Housing wrote to residents formally informing them of what was planned in the development. The DoH could not get interest in the development as initially proposed and in May 2005 advised residents that they would try to gain interest by including the PCYC site in the development. Here we are collecting information about the Elizabeth Street development.

Matavi and Turunga Bed Sit Coversion

On 25th October 2005 Minister for Housing, Cherie Burton, announced $880,000 would be spent converting 28 bid sit units in Matavi and Turunga in Phillip Street, Waterloo into one bedroom apartments. While this is not a major development the undertakings given to residents will need to be honoured if public tenents are to have faith in undertakings given in larger developments.

City of Sydney Urban Design Study and Public Housing

During 2006 the City of Sydney undertook an Urban Design Study of Redfern Waterloo. This study included land owned by the NSW Department of Housing. The study found that some areas of Public Housing were of quite low density and that there were opportunities to increase density on DoH lands and decrease heights. Here we have bought together the key aspects of this study as it releates to public housing.