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0223—Housing—REDFERN-WATERLOO PUBLIC HOUSING AND RWA BUILT ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN

Ms Hale to the Minister for Primary Industries, Minister for Energy, Minister for Mineral Resources, and Minister for State Development representing the Minister for Housing, Minister for Tourism—

    1. How is the redevelopment of public housing planned in Stage 2 of the Built Environment Plan to be funded?
    2. Are there any plans to sell or lease land currently occupied by public housing to fund the redevelopment?
      1. If so, has any land been ear marked, or any proportion of land been ear marked?
  2. Will those Department of Housing tenants who are moved during any redevelopment of public housing arising from the Built Environment Plan (stage One or Two) retain the same type of tenure, or will they have to sign new fixed-term leases upon relocating?
  3. Will there be available housing for those Department of Housing tenants who wish to return when the redevelopment is complete?
  4. Will tenants be offered housing in the Redfern Waterloo area, or close by, during the redevelopment, to ensure community contact and continuity is protected?

Answer—

  1.  
    1. Any redevelopment of public housing that is planned in relation to the Built Environment Plan Stage 2, will be funded through Housing NSW. Note: the Elizabeth St Redfern redevelopment project is an initiative of Housing NSW that pre-dates the Built Environment Plan Stage 2.
    2. Yes
      1. No specific sites have been identified for redevelopment in relation to the Built Environment Plan Stage 2.
  2. Public Housing tenants, who are relocated as a result of public housing redevelopment in Redfern and Waterloo, will retain the same type of tenure that they currently have.
  3. Every effort will be made to ensure that those tenants who wish to return to their former address can do so.
  4. To the extent that suitable properties are available, tenants will be offered housing in the Redfern Waterloo Area or close by while redevelopments proceed.

Question asked on 17 October 2007 (session 54-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 20.
Answer received on 20 November 2007 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 31.

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