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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986567"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">City of Sydney concerned about State Planning Changes - Submissions due 23 Feb</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986568"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Follow up on REDWatch Homes NSW Meeting</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986569"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Masters Architecture Students presentation on Waterloo South – 22 February</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986570"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">AHURI Study looks at public housing tenant relocations</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986571"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Challenges facing Homes NSW that drive relocations?</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986572"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Waterloo Human Services Website live –
</span>www.waterloo2017.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc158986573"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A new community guide to social impact assessment (SIA)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><i>Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a blue underlined word or phrase that you can click on it and go directly to a document or to get more information.</i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986567"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">City of Sydney concerned about State Planning Changes - Submissions due 23 Feb</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">You may have heard recently about changes proposed to NSW planning law to create more low and mid-rise housing in Sydney and much of the pushback in the media has been described as being from NIMBYs from suburbs
that are fighting off density. The proposal is outlined in the <a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2023/231214_EIE%20Low%20and%20Mid%20Rise%20Housing_Final%20%281%29.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Explanation of Intended Effect: Changes to create low-and mid-rise housing</span></a> and is on exhibition until 23 February. Make a submission online through
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/draftplans/exhibition/explanation-intended-effect-changes-create-low-and-mid-rise-housing">
<span style="color:#0563C1">the planning portal for the exhibition</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">So it might be surprising to hear that the City of Sydney, which has been successfully planning for increased density in places like Green Square, is very concerned about the impact of the proposal on our local
government area (LGA). Council has drafted a submission which will be debated at a<a href="https://meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=133&MId=4221" title="Meeting of Council, 19/02/2024 5.00 pm"><span style="color:#0563C1"> Meeting of Council on Monday
February 19 from 5.00 pm</span></a>. The submission is item 11 on the Council agenda so it will likely be mid evening before you can view the Council deliberation on line. Briefings for Councillors and for resident groups were held earlier this week.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This is the link to the <a href="https://meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/documents/s80536/Attachment%20A%20-%20City%20of%20Sydney%20Submission%20on%20the%20NSW%20Government%20Changes%20to%20Create%20Low%20and%20Mid-Rise%20Ho.pdf" target="_blank" title="Link to document 'Attachment A - City of Sydney Submission on the NSW Government Changes to Create Low and Mid-Rise Housing' pdf file">
<span style="color:#0563C1">City of Sydney Submission on the NSW Government Changes to Create Low and Mid-Rise Housing PDF 4 MB</span></a> and to the
<a href="https://meetings.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/documents/s80880/Submission%20-%20NSW%20Government%20-%20Changes%20to%20Create%20Low%20and%20Mid-Rise%20Housing.pdf" target="_blank" title="Link to document 'Submission - NSW Government - Changes to Create Low and Mid-Rise Housing' pdf file">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Council agenda summary of Submission - NSW Government - Changes to Create Low and Mid-Rise Housing PDF 65 KB</span></a>. Council has also released the presentation it made on the issues of concern to resident groups which is on
the REDWatch website at <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/govt/cos/240213cos/view">
<span style="color:#0563C1">City of Sydney Presentation - NSW Government housing changes - 13 February 2024</span></a>. At the request of resident groups Council has also provided
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/govt/cos/240216cos"><span style="color:#0563C1">a summary of the City of Sydney’s draft submission on NSW Government’s proposed changes to create low and mid-rise housing</span></a> .<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The problem for the City is the section 4.1 (page 27) of the proposal that mandates minimum controls within 800 metres of station and town centre precincts and override Council’s existing LEP and DCP plans if
they are inconsistent with the proposal. The City has many heavy rail, metro and light rail stations and many town centres zoned as metropolitan, commercial, local or mixed use. These 800m arcs covers the bulk of the LGA, while the low rise R2 provisions will
impact Rosebery. Page 6 of Council’s submission shows the areas impacted by the proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The Explanation of Intended Effects on page 28 says:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>The non-refusal standards have been calibrated to enable a typical 3 to 6 storey apartment building that can achieve an appropriate level of amenity for the apartments and to neighbouring dwellings.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>All other applicable planning controls in Local Environmental Plans and Development Control Plans such as heritage and environmental considerations will continue to apply to the extent they are not inconsistent
with these provisions.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>The proposed non-refusal standards for residential flat buildings and shop top housing in the station and town centre precincts are:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>In the inner part of the precincts within 400 metres of the stations/centres:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><![endif]><i>Maximum Building Height: 21m<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><i>Maximum FSR: 3:1<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>In the outer part of the precincts from 400 to 800 metres of the stations/centres:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><i>Maximum Building Height: 16m<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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</span></span><![endif]><i>Maximum FSR: 2:1<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>The non-refusal standards will apply to any residential flat building and shop top housing development on land in station and town centre precincts (with the exception of land zoned R2).</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">There are a number of other aspects to the proposal such as allowing 6 storey buildings to have the same building separation as 4 storey buildings that will have a major solar impact if implemented in the City
especially in areas with narrow streets. Another requirement highlighted to resident groups was that the proposals minimum car space allocations exceed Council’s maximum standards. The city has detailed these and other problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Council’s submission provides some examples of the potential consequences of this one size fits all approach on some sites across the LGA. In general the City expects that the interaction between the non-refusal
standards, other planning requirements and the City’s LEP and DCP will see Council unable to refuse or ensure decent amenity and many proposals needing to go to the Land and Environment court slowing down the delivery of housing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">There is also a certain irony that the proposal for townhouses in low rise low density zones under the proposal only deliver around half the FSR of inner Sydney terraces and only apply to blocks that are 5 or
6 times larger than some inner city terraces that could be slated for redevelopment under the proposal.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The future of the City’s Heritage conservation areas will depend on how “<i>heritage and environmental considerations will continue to apply to the extent they are not inconsistent with these provisions</i>”
is interpreted in the final drafting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">REDWatch supports increasing density within the limits of the existing city. The City of Sydney has been good at meeting the targets set by the state government. New targets were due last year but have not yet
been given to Council. In addition the City has added sites where the planning has been under the control of the state government. REDWatch does not think that the City of Sydney LGA has a NIMBY track record in housing delivery, so we take seriously the issues
that have been raised about this proposal by the City of Sydney Council. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">REDWatch hence encourage readers to look at the Council submission and to make a submission online through
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/draftplans/exhibition/explanation-intended-effect-changes-create-low-and-mid-rise-housing">
<span style="color:#0563C1">the planning portal for the exhibition</span></a> by 23 February if they have any concerns with the state government proposal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986568"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Follow up on REDWatch Homes NSW Meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">If you want to find out more about the new "Homes NSW" but could not attend the REDWatch meeting on Monday 5 Feb 2024, you can watch the video of the meeting on YouTube
at </span><a href="https://youtu.be/5nh_20Y3Xro?si=80HyXjidBZoy8am5&fbclid=IwAR07pgX5OCrUYhrDrhVTLM2jNdKvJU4QaoGIIudlkDb523yk-3moSIj2fdk" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">https://youtu.be/5nh_20Y3Xro?si=80HyXjidBZoy8am5</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">At the meeting Minister Jackson and senior government officials explained the new "Homes NSW" organisation that came into existence on 1 Feb 2024. Homes NSW combines the
NSW Land and Housing Corporation (now referred to as Housing Portfolio), Department of Communities and Justice Housing (now referred to as Housing Services), the Aboriginal Housing Office, Key Worker Housing and homelessness services. The new organisation
is depicted in this </span><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/HomesNSW_ExplainerSlides_Services.jpg/view"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes NSW Services Diagram</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">.<b>
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Questions were raised by a wide range of tenants about how Homes NSW would deliver on its aspirations of improving tenant experience of public housing. In answering questions,
Minister Rose Jackson was joined by Homes NSW CEO Rebecca Pinkstone and head of Housing Portfolio (LAHC) Michael Wheatley, who now reports to the Homes NSW CEO within the Department of Communities and Justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Below are the links to some of the information about Homes NSW that is publically available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/homes-nsw/message-to-tenants" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Message to tenants about establishment of Homes NSW</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/homes-nsw-will-rebuild-social-and-affordable-housing-system-nsw" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes NSW Launch Statement</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:#0563C1;margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/homes-nsw" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes NSW Agency information site</span></a></span><u><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></u></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/240205hnswho?fbclid=IwAR07pgX5OCrUYhrDrhVTLM2jNdKvJU4QaoGIIudlkDb523yk-3moSIj2fdk" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes NSW fact sheet and Services diagram handouts
to REDWatch meeting on 5 Feb 2024</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/231113homesnsw"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Back to basics: Social housing maintenance call centre back in public hands</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Attendees expressed appreciation to the Minister and senior staff for attending so early in the life of the new agency to explain Homes NSW and the government’s aspirations
for improving public housing and the experience of the tenants that call it home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986569"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Masters Architecture Students presentation on Waterloo South – 22 February</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Last year REDWatch posted photos on Facebook of a scale model of the Waterloo South planning controls produced by University of Sydney Masters of Architecture Students. If you missed it you
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=728331735990357&set=pcb.728333539323510">
<span style="color:#0563C1">can see the photos here</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">City of Sydney Councillor Sylvie Ellsmore is hosting a presentation and exhibition of this USYD Masters of Architecture student work that has explored the development of the proposed Waterloo South masterplan
for mixed-use mixed-tenure housing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The presentation will be held on Thursday 22 February 2024 from 11.00am to 1.00pm at<b>
</b>The Treasury Room, Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney. To handle attendance numbers RSVPs are requested to Michael Zanardo at
<a href="mailto:michael@studiozanardo.com.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">michael@studiozanardo.com.au</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This ‘Housing for All’ design studio was developed and run as a part of Michael’s Rothwell Residency in Architecture during the second semester of 2023.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The students researched and carefully documented the existing building types on the Waterloo South estate to form a deeper appreciation of the qualities of the existing homes and to come to terms with the scale
of redevelopment proposed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">They also undertook a number of detailed case studies of higher-density residential projects in Sydney as relevant precedents to inform the main design task. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The student groups each then designed projects combining public, affordable and market housing for each street block to together test and fulfil the proposed masterplan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Students will make short digital presentations to present their schemes and then be on hand to discuss their ideas through their drawings and models (a short preview video attached below). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986570"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">AHURI Study looks at public housing tenant relocations</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">As tenants await news as to when they will be asked to relocate in public housing redevelopments like Waterloo South and Explorer Street, and as Homes NSW explores how it will go about the process, this recent
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) study from November 2023 on relocations is timely.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">For public housing tenants, having to relocate from their home is a significant and sustained stress. Even if the final housing outcome may be improved, the relocation can be a negative emotional experience which
deeply affects tenants’ wellbeing. The impacts of the stress associated with relocations was acknowledged by Home NSW EO Rebecca Pinkstone at the recent REDWatch meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The AHURI research, ‘<a href="https://www.ahuri.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/2023-11/AHURI-Final-Report-413-Understanding-the-drivers-and-outcomes-of-public-housing-tenant-relocation.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">Understanding
the drivers and outcomes of public housing tenant relocation</span></a>’, investigated the drivers, practices and experiences of tenant relocation in New South Wales (NSW), Victoria and Tasmania. It aimed to understand what drives the need for tenant relocation
in public housing and how such drivers mediate practices and tenant experiences. The project examined this from the perspective of tenants, housing relocation officers and journalists who report on public housing estate renewal. The study provides insight
into the nature of relocations practice, and the experiences and outcomes of relocation to create more informed policy and practice.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Among its headline findings on page 2 were:
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<i>Tenants experience relocation as displacement even when their housing outcome might eventually improve. Displacement brings a range of negative impacts that reverberate through a tenant’s life long before and after a physical move.<o:p></o:p></i></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<i>Tenants experience relocation policy, process and practice norms very differently from practitioner perceptions of the support available.<o:p></o:p></i></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<i>The media plays an important role and can contribute to a further stigmatisation of tenants, as well as greater flow of information to the public about estate renewals.<o:p></o:p></i></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The study looks at both Department initiated relocation and tenant initiated relocation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This study is welcome and builds on earlier work undertaken by for Shelter NSW by Jon Eastgate on
<a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2016-Issues-for-tenants-in-public-housing-renewal-projects-literature-search-findings-update-Jon-Eastgate.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Issues for tenants in public housing renewal projects literature search findings</span></a> and Bernie Coates’ interviews with tenants that produced the proposal for
<a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2017-A-compact-for-renewal-what-tenants-want-from-renewal-2017.pdf" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563C1">A Compact for Renewal: What tenants want from Renewal</span></a>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Sydney Local Health District attempted a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) with the community around the health impacts that started from the announcement of the Waterloo redevelopment and the impending relocation
initially expected within 12 months of the 2015 announcement. The draft report ran into substantial opposition from those involved with the redevelopment and relocation process. Even after many changes and renaming the HIA that report has never been publically
released. Groundswell NGOs, including REDWatch, are undertaking a community lead HIA on the Waterloo redevelopment in 2024.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986571"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">The Challenges facing Homes NSW that drive relocations?</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The AHURI study mentioned above contains the following description of the drivers for public housing relocations. The description encapsulates the main pressures on the public housing system that face Homes NSW
in delivering on its aspirations. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i>The study found that there are two primary drivers of public housing relocation: inadequacy of stock as a result of sustained disinvestment, and residualisation of the tenant base. This is evidenced by declining
or stagnating dwelling numbers, maintenance backlogs, rapidly growing waitlists and increased churn, tightening eligibility and allocations, and the winding back of tenure for life. Public housing is structurally under resourced, and this negatively impacts
maintenance schedules for existing public dwellings and delays repairs. Both contribute to the growing inadequacy of stock portfolios. The inadequacy of the housing stock is a significant driver of tenant relocation. High maintenance costs, stock redundancy
and poor quality housing are often cited as part of the rationale for the demolition of public housing and Department initiated relocations of tenants. Tenants experiencing poor housing conditions are pushed to initiate relocation when their housing is unfit
or unsafe. The residualisation of the tenant base creates tenant cohorts that are experiencing more intense forms of intersecting disadvantage and physical and mental health challenges. This can feed the stigmatisation of public housing, further entrenching
estate renewal as a driver of Department initiated relocation and placing tenants in unsafe housing conditions, catalysing Tenant initiated relocation.
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<a name="_Toc158986572"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Waterloo Human Services Website live –
</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc158986572"></span><a href="http://www.waterloo2017.com"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc158986572"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.waterloo2017.com</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc158986572"></span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The waterloo Human Services Collaborative has launched a website which details its work and provides resources for tenants and services. The website can be accessed at
<a href="http://www.waterloo2017.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.waterloo2017.com</span></a>. The site will be updated with new resources and information as further implementation of the agreed action plan occurs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The Waterloo Human Services Collaborative is made up of Government agencies, NGOs, community and tenant representatives and has been working since 2021 to improve services and supports to Waterloo tenants. REDWatch
has been active in this process and the REDWatch Spokesperson co-chairs one of the two Coordination Groups delivering the Service Integration and Systems part of the agreed action plan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Please visit the site to get an understanding of the breadth of the work that is being undertaking and also to access both tenant and agency resources.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc158986573"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">A new community guide to social impact assessment (SIA)</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Social Impact Assessments have been around for a long time but they have only recently become a
<a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/policy-and-legislation/under-review-and-new-policy-and-legislation/social-impact-assessment">
<span style="color:#0563C1">DA requirement in NSW for State Significant developments</span></a>. The Waterloo South redevelopment will need to submit a SIA when it puts in the DA for the Waterloo South proposal. We recently saw a SIA for the rezoning of the
Explorer Street precinct in South Eveleigh.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Dr Alison Ziller developed the initial SIA policy for the Planning Institute of Australia and lectures in SIAs at Macquarie University. She has also presented on SIAs previously to REDWatch and supported community
campaigns where social impacts needed to be assessed. Alison has just released <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/240214az/view">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Look before you leap: A community guide to social impact assessment</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This guide to social impact assessment is for communities concerned about the social consequences of a proposed project or development.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">It explains when a social impact assessment (the process) is required, what a SIA (the document) is expected to include, and when and how decision making takes place.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The guide sets out what<b> </b>communities should look out for, when they may provide a response, for example in a submission raising concerns about a proposed development or project, and the timelines affecting
these steps.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoff</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoffrey Turnbull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch Co-Spokesperson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">email:
</span><a href="mailto:spokesperson@redwatch.org.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">spokesperson@redwatch.org.au</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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</span><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/" title="blocked::http://www.redwatch.org.au/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">www.redwatch.org.au</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">FB: </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/</span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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