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<span class="x_MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#0563C1">Public, Social and Affordable Housing Policies of major parties in their own words - REDWatch
 6pm 2 February</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">It has been a busy week with the NSW Government clearing the decks for the March state election so we have exhibitions and announcements to let you
 know about across a number of sites. We also have a meeting where representatives of the major parties will explain their social and affordable housing policies.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Public, Social and Affordable Housing Policies of major parties in their own words - REDWatch 6pm 2 February&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Heading into what is looking like a close NSW election, policy differences are emerging between the major parties on public, social and affordable housing.
 With the inner city having large housing estates and a number of proposed public housing renewals, REDWatch has arranged for representatives of the Liberal, Labor and Green Parties to attend and explain their party’s policy for these three housing types. In
 addition Shelter NSW, as a housing peak, will outline its election asks of the parties. Speakers include:&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Greens NSW, Jenny Leong MP&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Labor NSW, Rose Jackson MLC&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Liberals NSW – Chris Rath MLC&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Shelter NSW – Cathy Callaghan&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The meeting will include presentations about the policies of the three parties and an opportunity for Questions and Answers. It is expected that there
 will be lots of questions so they can either be emailed to </span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#0563C1">mail@redwatch.org.au</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">
 or phoned to Geoff on 8004 1490 before the meeting so we can prioritise the questions most people want asked. There is a
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The meeting will be held on
<b>Thursday February 2, 6pm </b>at the<b> </b>Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street Waterloo or you can join on Zoom via
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Chief Mechanical Engineers Building (CME) SSDA Exhibition until 21 February 2023&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The Transport Asset Management Entity (TAHE) and Transport for NSW (TfNSW), which are handling the redevelopment of Redfern North Eveleigh, have put
 forward a proposal for the adaptive reuse of Chief Mechanical Engineers building on Wilson Street. The proposal is on exhibition through the NSW Major Projects portal until
<b>21 February 2023</b> as <a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/505-wilson-street-redfern-cme-building" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">505 Wilson Street, Redfern - CME Building</span></a>. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Regrettably TAHE and TfNSW have not released the CME Conservation Management Plan that is supposed to guide any work on the building.</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#0563C1">&nbsp;</span></u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The CME building, is listed as a State Heritage item (Item #01139) under the
<i>Heritage Act 1977</i>.</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:&quot;Cambria&quot;,serif; color:black"> It
</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">is a two-storey masonry and brick building in the Victorian style built in 1887 and subsequently extended in 1900 and 1920 to accommodate
 the expansion of NSW railways and demand for engineering services within the area. It was the primary administrative building for the whole Eveleigh Railway Workshops (ERW) housing the office of the Chief Mechanical Engineer as well as ordinary engineers,
 overseers, inspectors and various clerical staff.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">It currently contains 32 rooms and 3 bathrooms across two levels. Room sizes vary, with rooms at the eastern and western sides of the building being
 larger and the central rooms being smaller. Heritage fabric within the rooms include fireplaces, ceiling and wall detailing and cabinetry. Minor internal alterations over the years to these rooms included the addition of lighting and false ceilings, wall partitions
 and cabinetry. The site also includes an existing garden to the east of the CME building which has been left un-kept for several years. This area is known as the Eastern Gardens.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The Development Application on exhibition proposes restoration of the building and alterations to make it suitable for current day use. Proposed works
 comprise new internal walls, doors, a lift, amenities, windows and new balustrades. Landscaping is proposed to improve the curtilage around the CME building and ensure the building is more accessible while retaining all trees on the site. New in-ground services
 including a new stormwater system and new sewer connection are also proposed.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The questions for this exhibition relate to the trade-off between the original heritage values of this important heritage item and what is considered
 necessary to make it suitable for reuse. It’s about the appropriateness of the adaptive reuse and if
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Burra Charter</span></a> conservation principles have been applied. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The main summary document for this exhibition is
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<span style="color:#0563C1">CME Final EIS</span></a>. This document includes up to Appendix E, The rest of the appendices as separate documents that can be downloaded from the exhibition page for
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<span style="color:#0563C1">505 Wilson Street, Redfern - CME Building</span></a><u>.</u> REDWatch will prepare a guide to the documents which will be on the REDWatch website’s
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<span style="color:#0563C1">CME Page</span></a>.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Given that this exhibition is about the impact of the work on this heritage listed building, it is of major concern that the Conservation Management
 Plan (CMP) for the CME’s building, which the EIS says was prepared in 2022 has not been placed on exhibition with the other documents. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Instead we have a
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Statement of Heritage Impact</span></a>, as well as an
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Aboriginal Heritage Due Diligence</span></a> and a <a href="https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-39971796%2120221222T054054.934%20GMT" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Historical Archaeological Assessment</span></a>. Appendix B of the Statement of Heritage Impact, has a table assessment against the CME’s CMP Policies but the CMP itself has not been released. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The first policy referenced in the CME CMP Policy assessment section states: “<i>The present CMP should be used as the principal document to guide the
 conservation and management of the CME Building. This CMP should be adopted by TAHE and TfNSW</i>”. Presumably the 2022 CMP that is supposed to be the principle document governing what happens to the CME’s building has not yet been adopted by TAHE and TfNSW.
 &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Nor it would appear that TAHE and TfNSW are prepared to publically exhibit the CMP to gain feedback from the community. This is a major concern. While
 CMPs for South Eveleigh were released for comment and are publically available, TfNSW has not released CMPs for Redfern Station, nor now for the CME building.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Appendix B also assesses the proposed changes to the CME building against the Overarching CMP which was released as part of the Paint Shop Precinct
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Updated Eveleigh Railway Workshops Overarching Conservation Management Plan</span></a> and
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<span style="color:#0563C1">Addendum to Eveleigh Railway Workshop Overarching Conservation Management Plan</span></a>.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">REDWatch has argued since the Redfern Waterloo Authority was established in 2004 that the CME Building should be restored and bought to an appropriate
 use rather than left to deteriorate until the fate of the rest of North Eveleigh was determined. It is pleasing to see this is now happening, even if it has allowed almost 20 years unnecessary decay. What is of concern is that not all the relevant documents
 to do the adaptive use assessment required in this DA have been released.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">TfNSW has run a Registration of Interest (ROI) process to gauge interest in moving into the building and is currently near the end of its Expression
 of Interest (EOI) process. The changes proposed in this DA are to make the building suitable for whoever gains the building to be able to move in. Depending on the activity of the successful applicant, a use DA may be required.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Bridge Housing to develop 600-660 Elizabeth Street LAHC Redevelopment<span class="x_contentpasted0"> &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">On Monday 23<sup>rd</sup> January, Minister Anthony Roberts, responsible for Planning and Homes, announced that The NSW Government has appointed a consortium
 including one of Australia’s leading community housing providers, Bridge Housing, and national infrastructure developer Capella Capital, to deliver the $230 million renewal of Elizabeth Street, Redfern.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The announcement was dropped initially to the Sydney Morning Herald, which ran the story
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/hundreds-of-apartments-to-transform-empty-block-opposite-redfern-oval-20230119-p5cdrn.html" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Hundreds
 of apartments to transform empty block opposite Redfern Oval</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"> and was followed by a later ministerial media release
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/230123lahc" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Innovative Partnerships see Inner
 City Housing Boom</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The actual commercial details between the successful bidder and LAHC remain Commercial in Confidence. LAHC forbids tenders from talking to local organisations
 during the selection process under its confidentiality agreement, so it is only after the announcement that information starts to become available from the successful consortium. Bridge, in partnership with Frasers, is one of the four shortlisted development
 consortiums still in the selection process for the Waterloo South and Estate development so it is still bound by the confidentiality agreement relating to that LAHC redevelopment.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The media statements says the Redfern Redevelopment is expected to commence in 2025 and be complete in 2028. The 100 social housing units on the Redfern
 site, along with 70 social housing units from the Waterloo Metro site have been promoted by LAHC as places that will be used for relocations from Waterloo South during its construction. The first Waterloo South relocations are scheduled to start in 2024. Waterloo
 South residents now know that their new landlord will be Bridge Housing if they get relocated after 2028 to the 600-660 Elizabeth Street redevelopment.</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:&quot;Segoe UI Historic&quot;,sans-serif; color:#050505; background:white">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The government announcement contained little detail of the successful proposal other than the project would be around 300 units and that LAHC would
 receive the 100 social housing units it wanted from the site. In the media statement Natasha Maclaren-Jones said “in addition to more than 100 social homes, the project proposes a mix of housing including affordable homes, homes for key workers, disability
 support units and private homes.”</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:#0563C1">&nbsp;</span></u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The 600-660 Elizabeth Street site was master planned for a public-private partnership redevelopment and approved by South Sydney Council in 2002, but
 a developer partner could not be found. In the end the NSW government sought approval in 2007 to build the public portion between Walker and Morehead Street itself, which were completed in 2010. The walk-ups remaining on the Elizabeth Street site were knocked
 down in 2013 after a campaign was rejected for formalising their use for homeless housing while a redevelopment was progressed. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The site has sat vacant since. Only the PCYC remained opposite Redfern Oval after turning down a government funding offer to move to the NCIE. The site
 has been a focus of campaigns about public housing land sitting vacant while so many people sit on the public housing waiting list needing social housing.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Under Communities Plus, LAHC proposed its first Build to Rent redevelopment for the site, but when it became obvious it could not get the high densities
 it required LAHC reverted to its standard Build-to-Sell model where around 30% of the site would be new social housing paid for by selling the rest of the land to a developer for private housing. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">While LAHC put a plan to the City of Sydney for up-zoning on the site, the Council developed its own lower scale proposal for the planning controls
 and also pushed for the site to deliver affordable housing, as well as social housing. LAHC pushed back on the affordable housing arguing that it had a mandate to deliver social housing and had a broader mandate which allowed it to extract a return from the
 site so it could be used in other parts of the state. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The site, like public housing redevelopment sites in Waterloo, Eveleigh and Glebe, has more recently attracted protests against the government’s self-funding
 Communities Plus model which sell off 70% of the site to a developer to pay for the delivery of new social housing on the remainder of the site. The response from local Newtown MP Jenny Leong reflects these concerns – see her media release
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/230123jl" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Redevelopment of Elizabeth Street,
 Redfern will be a sell off of public land for private profit - Jenny Leong Response</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">. This was picked up in the City Hub’s
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://cityhubsydney.com.au/2023/01/leong-calls-for-redfern-development-to-retain-100-public-housing/" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="Leong calls for Redfern development to retain 100% public housing" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Leong
 calls for Redfern development to retain 100% public housing</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The site also was a focus for the Redfern-Waterloo Aboriginal Affordable Housing Campaign’s ask for 10% Aboriginal Social and Affordable Housing on
 the development of all government controlled land in the Redfern Waterloo area. Warren Roberts from the campaign was on 702 radio pushing that campaign’s claim on 25 January 2023.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">While the Elizabeth Street redevelopment announcement does see public housing land sold off, the outcome is not the usual Community Housing Provider
 manages the social housing for LAHC and the developer sells off the rest of the units to private owners. Campaigners may yet get a lot of what they have argued for.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Bridge Housing flips NSW 30:70 model in Redfern Development&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Now that the announcement is out it is possible to also see what
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://www.bridgehousing.org.au/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Bridge Housing</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">
 has said it wants to do. The site has reasonably tight planning controls so the final outcome will not be determined until the DA stage when the final building designs and layouts are submitted, but in the past LAHC has talked about 300 units on the site,
 but Bridge thinks it can get over 300.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The first surprise about this announcement is that Bridge Housing is the development lead for the redevelopment, not just a CHP that will run the LAHC
 owned affordable housing. This is the first time a CHP has been appointed to lead a Communities Plus project. It is a model that was used by the Aboriginal Housing Company for the Pemulwuy Project on The Block.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Being the developer means that Bridge can choose to use its developer margin to deliver affordable housing it will own on the site. Bridge says “all
 our profits must be used to deliver more affordable housing and better services”. Bridge estimates that it will be able to provide 39-40 units of low to medium income affordable housing on the site it owns. Bridge has also said that it plans to relocate its
 headquarters to Redfern once the project is complete. The Bridge office was in the old TNT Towers prior to their redevelopment.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Bridge Housing’s consortium partner is
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://capellacapital.com.au/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Capella Capital</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">,
 a leading infrastructure advisor. Bridge has also said that </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://www.hickory.com.au/" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Hickory</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">
 will be the builder and local employment opportunities will be created. We know nothing about how the redevelopment will be financed other than a general statement by Bridge CEO Rebecca Pinkstone that the “development will become a blueprint for how the community
 housing sector, working in partnership with government, institutional investors, commercial lenders and the private sector, can deliver social and affordable housing at scale”.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The next surprise is that Bridge is only proposing 100 market homes rather than the expected 200 in the LAHC plan. Some of the private housing will
 be replaced by the 40 homes Bridge will build and retain ownership of, but it is also saying there will be 80 affordable homes for key workers and 11 specialist disability homes. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Given the Bridge model, it might still be possible, if Federal Government funding for Affordable Housing was to become available that the site could
 still end up a mix of social and affordable housing of different types. Such an outcome would further strengthen the argument that government itself should be able to do such developments while retaining government land.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">In its fact sheet, Bridge has said that “10% of all of Bridge Housing’s allocation of homes will be dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
 tenants”. This will go some way towards the outcomes sort by the Aboriginal Affordable Housing Campaign even if they are also aiming for Aboriginal housing to be run by or in collaboration with Aboriginal organisations. Bridge has however given a “commitment
 to engagement with First Nations communities to find opportunities for involvement in the further development of the project” so that element of the Aboriginal Affordable Housing ask may not be off the table either. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">It is not clear from the Bridge statement about what is happening with PCYC, the fact sheet says the project will deliver “3,500 m<sup>2
</sup>of community space as a hub for local services, potentially including the PCYC subject to funding, and Bridge Housing’s new head office with community meeting space”.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">So while all this is subject to the final DA, it is looking a lot better than many in the community feared after dealing with LAHC. Bridge Housing say
 it looks forward to working with stakeholders in the coming year as it prepare the DA for submission. If you would like further information you can email Bridge Housing on redfernplace@bridgehousing.org.au or visit our website
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.bridgehousing.org.au" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.bridgehousing.org.au</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">On the REDWatch website you can find the
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/230124bhfs/view" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Bridge Housing Fact Sheet
 on Elizabeth Street, Redfern Redevelopment</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"> and the text of the initial website
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/230124bh" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Bridge Statement on Redfern Estate</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">.
 You can also see one of the Bridge graphics released by LAHC on the REDWatch website under
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/230123bh/view" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Bridge Housing - successful
 pitch for 600-660 Elizabeth Street</span></a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Waterloo Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) - Exhibition ends 20 Feb&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The planning controls for Waterloo South within the Waterloo Estate were finalised in November 2022. The new planning controls were to come into effect
 after a planning agreement was publicly notified and finalised.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Planning agreements are a method of securing development contributions to help cover the cost of delivering infrastructure needed to support new businesses,
 communities and homes. A planning agreement is a legal agreement between a developer and a planning authority. This planning agreement is between the Council of the City of Sydney, the Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
 and the NSW Land and Housing Corporation. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Being legal documents, the planning agreement is not easy for most people to understand. An explanatory note has been supplied but it is not much better
 and the frequently asked questions contains little detail about the agreement. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The links to the documents are:&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/-/media/Files/DPE/Factsheets-and-faqs/Plans-for-your-area/Priority-Growth-Areas-and-Precincts/Waterloo-south-planning-agreement-faqs.pdf?la=en" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Frequently
 asked questions</span></a><span class="x_contentpasted0">&nbsp;(PDF, 148 KB)&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://apps.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/DocMgmt/v1/PublicDocuments/DATA-WORKATTACH-FILE%20PEC-DPE-EP-WORK%20SVPA2023-4!20230123T065504.076%20GMT" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Explanatory
 Note - Draft Waterloo South Planning Agreement</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://apps.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/DocMgmt/v1/PublicDocuments/DATA-WORKATTACH-FILE%20PEC-DPE-EP-WORK%20SVPA2023-4!20230123T065504.432%20GMT" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Signed
 Draft VPA - 23.01.23 - Waterloo South</span></a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">If you are looking for the documents without these links, the VPA is in the Department of Planning system as
<b>209 Cope Street Waterloo 2017 Land and Housing Corporation Planning Agreement</b> rather than under the earlier used Waterloo South.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Making life even more difficult is that the VPA is signed so it is a pdf scan and is not searchable making locating sections referred to in it difficult.
 REDWatch has produced a version with an optical character recognition text overlay -</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/230126redwvpa/view" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Waterloo
 South Signed VPA with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) overlay</span></a><span class="x_contentpasted0">. However scanning marks on the original and inexact character recognition may mean that some words may not render correctly and users will need to check
 the text against the underlying image. We have put it on the REDWatch website in the hope it might help some people who want to search the document.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Submissions need to be made online through the bottom of planning portal&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="https://pp.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/svpa/notification/209-cope-street-waterloo-2017-nsw-land-and-housing-corporation-planning-agreement" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="Visit NSW Planning Portal" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">209
 Cope Street Waterloo 2017 Land and Housing Corporation Planning Agreement</span></a><span class="x_contentpasted0"> page. The exhibition is open for public feedback until
<b>Monday 20 February 2023</b>.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The planning agreement will require the following public benefits:&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Roads &#8208; Providing land and the construction of new roads&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">The embellishment of existing roads&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Open space &#8208; Creating new public open space of approximately 23,600m<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:black; margin-bottom:6.0pt; background:white">
<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Community facilities – Providing land and construction for approximately 2,400m<sup>2</sup> of community facilities.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"></span></li></ul>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The Frequently asked questions document states the agreement “does not include information such as the type of community facilities or the locations
 of open space. The Waterloo Estate (South) Design Guide provides requirements which will need to be addressed by future redevelopment of the site relating to community facilities and open space. The detailed design and specific locations of these spaces will
 be provided by future development applications for the redevelopment of the site. These development applications will be publicly exhibited, and you’ll have an opportunity to have your say.” Council will be involved in the future design and operation of the
 open space and community facilities and both of these will be subject to further consultation. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">The agreement sets out how the works and land delivered will be determined and makes a provision for “top up” or credit amounts. Credit amounts can
 be applied to future development of Waterloo Estate (North) and Waterloo Estate (Central). It also sets out requirements for bank guarantees and the dedication and transfer of land. The agreement seeks to cover off all possible contingencies in the development
 that may impact on the delivery of the public benefit developer contributions.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">As this is making public an agreement between parties, REDWatch has been advised by Council that if any changes were made to the agreement post-exhibition,
 they could only be made with LAHC’s agreement and would require re-exhibition. &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Action for Public Housing’s Save Waterloo Action 29<sup>th</sup> January&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">Action for Public Housing has been campaigning for no demolition of public housing, no evictions of housing tenants and to defend and extend public
 housing. In response to the proposal to develop Waterloo South, Action for Public Housing have organised an action at 1pm on Sunday January 29 at the corner of John St and George St, Waterloo. There will be music, signs and sausages as well as a community
 artwork spelling out Save Waterloo. For more details visit <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ffb.me%2Fe%2F3jEagJMih%3Fmibextid%3DRQdjqZ&amp;h=AT2td0syx4eFCePQDJxGUWDXZGpSEDfVFN2lToLLliKfFzBpLems4TPTzwyMxGfl2p7lkI0d8Z4UyOkmE4x04LunsBSw9HlvuD2as0AMPVu7epHz2JgUlgTweojz7MRPQfiVEXnntkZiBfwH2g&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=AT29DTkFC_-YGQUTJVYfBZL8yPesxdCllQx4bS-OkPqNyVgHRvVI8ZEGtCE5Q2Hd6cd0Q8cdY7UOCuHscOBh8OJuyK44Ar2anOErhpbi142rc0xVx27PMGsIGfFnPYKivd8Z9QzquEInRJA6AKKWWSSZFKzq45EF_KD1UkVWVIBDHbKXoeGbgHjXMRUSuwBoKIRF6rC6UaESSw" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">the groups Facebook event page</span></a>.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri Light&quot;,sans-serif; color:#2E74B5">Clover letter on Endeavour Street Public Housing South Eveleigh<span class="x_contentpasted0"> &nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">In the REDWatch update just before Christmas we reported that the rezoning of Explorer Street Eveleigh has been taken from Council and it will be handled
 by the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE). The announcement was just a mention of Explorer Street in a media release
</span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">primarily about
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/rezoning-pathways" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">new rezoning pathways</a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">
 – you can read it on the REDWatch website </span></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">at
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Explorer/221205dpe" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Explorer Street Eveleigh Rezoning taken over by State Government</span></a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black">As we mentioned there was a
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Explorer/221212cos" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">City of Sydney Council Resolution
 on Explorer Street Eveleigh</span></a><span class="x_contentpasted0">. In line with the resolution the Lord Mayor wrote letters to both the Minister and Shadow Minister for Planning.&nbsp;We have provided the text of the letters on the REDWatch website as
</span><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Explorer/230117cos" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="link">Clover Moore letter to Planning and Shadow Planning Ministers on Explorer Street Eveleigh</a></span><span class="x_contentpasted0"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:blue">.&nbsp;</span></u></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">Regards,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Script MT Bold&quot;; color:navy">Geoff</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">Geoffrey Turnbull&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">REDWatch Co-Spokesperson&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">Ph Wk:&nbsp;(02) 8004 1490&nbsp; Mob: 0418 457 392</span></span><span style="color:#1F497D">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span class="x_contentpasted0"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif; color:navy">email:
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