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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007834"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo South conversation continues with Stockland and Homes NSW - REDWatch Meeting 6pm August 7<sup>th</sup></span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007835"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Launch of Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Waterloo Estate - High rise refurbishment feasibility - 25th and 26th July</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007836"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Social Housing Performance Audit 24 June 2025</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007837"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Waterloo Collaborative and the Performance Audit</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007838"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – 10-year plan feedback</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007839"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – development website changes</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007840"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – Housing Design Requirements</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007841"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Explorer Street Eveleigh Rezoning Movement</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007842"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Planning Changes – Exhibition periods and design Excellence</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007843"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Understanding the Planning System and Community Participation</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007844"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Build a Bridge at Eveleigh Campaign</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc204007845"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Shelter NSW Walking Tours of The Rocks and Darlinghurst</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007834"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo South conversation continues with Stockland and Homes NSW - REDWatch Meeting 6pm August 7<sup>th</sup></span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In August Stockland and Homes NSW will be providing project updates to REDWatch and the wider stakeholder groups. The project
update will provide an insight into the Consortium’s proposal, current focus and an indication of next steps for engaging with key stakeholders and community. The Consortium is made up of
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.listcorp.com/asx/sgp/stockland/news/waterloo-renewal-project-3176260.html"><span style="color:#0563C1">Stockland</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.linkwentworth.org.au/media-releases/nsw-government-confirms-stockland-consortium-as-delivery-partner-for-waterloo-renewal-project/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Link
Wentworth Housing</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">,
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://citywesthousing.com.au/renewal-of-the-waterloo-south-estate/"><span style="color:#0563C1">City West Housing</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
and </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paul-coe-949723143_on-6-august-2024-i-sat-down-at-a-board-table-activity-7316030912880594944-c4SW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA0OtUYBpxp_z1nS6OcOEaohVt7X5qEXkeU"><span style="color:#0563C1">Birribee
Housing</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So, come along to the REDWatch meeting and hear from the Consortium and join the conversation about what they are thinking and
what you want to see from them. <b>The REDWatch meeting is at 6pm on Thursday 7<sup>th</sup> August 2025</b> to Counterpoint’s Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo or join us on line at by Zoom
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch prepared some
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/lahc22-23/250523redw"><span style="color:#0563C1">Initial Questions for Homes NSW Portfolio and Consortium Partners – Waterloo South Redevelopment
in May 2025</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">. Homes NSW and the Consortium have advised they will be addressing this wide range of information over time as the partnership, preparation and planning come together
for Waterloo South. While REDWatch does not expect answers to all these questions at this point of time, the questions provide a guide to what we are looking to find out over the next few months.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In the last REDWatch Update we explored what the community should expect from the Consortium based on the earlier finalised planning
contro1s – this is the link to the </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/stage1/250605redwpres/view"><span style="color:#0563C1">REDWatch Refresher on the Waterloo South Planning
Proposal</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007835"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Launch of Retain, Repair, Reinvest: Waterloo Estate - High rise refurbishment feasibility - 25th and 26th July</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OFFICE has finalised its Retain Repair Reinvest (RRR) study showing how the Waterloo high-rises could be refurbished and in-fill buildings included
around the existing buildings. OFFICE is holding two launch events, on <a name="_Hlk204006998">
25<sup>th</sup> and 26<sup>th</sup> July </a>at NCIE. The event on the 25<sup>th</sup> is for the general public and the on the 26<sup>th</sup> is for the Waterloo community. Below are the details:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">General Public launch: Friday 25th July, 6:00pm-7:00pm</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> - NCIE 180 George St Redfern, Conference Room 6002- Event
link for the 25<sup>th</sup> <a href="https://events.humanitix.com/retain-repair-reinvest-waterloo-north-and-central">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://events.humanitix.com/retain-repair-reinvest-waterloo-north-and-central</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7">
<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Residents and Local Community launch: Saturday 26th July, 12:00pm-1:00pm -
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">NCIE 180 George St Redfern, Conference Room 6002<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">OFFICE’s aim was to explore the feasibility of refurbishing the Waterloo high-rises to make it possible to deliver the same or greater levels
of social housing in this part of the estate. The earlier LAHC preferred masterplan would have seen the loss of hundreds of social housing units under its then 30:70 proposal. In-fill housing, like that in the OFFICE proposal, was envisaged in BEP2 feasibility
figures in 2011, but no potential locations were shown to the community. One of the Master Plan options prepared by Land and Housing Corporation retained Manavi and Turanga and the City of Sydney have suggested in the past that refurbishment should be considered
as an option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The RRR project is independent from Homes NSW and separate to the redevelopment plans for Waterloo South. Homes NSW says that it will be many
years before it develops the high-rise area and 10 years before the people in that area may need to relocate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007836"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Social Housing Performance Audit 24 June 2025</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Audit Office of NSW in late June published its
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Final%20report%20-%20Social%20Housing.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">Performance Audit Report into Social Housing</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">.
The objective of this audit was to assess whether social housing is effectively and efficiently prioritised to meet the needs of vulnerable households, and whether social housing tenants are effectively supported to establish and sustain their tenancies. The
report looks into applying for social housing, processing applications, social housing allocations and offers, starting a new tenancy and sustaining tenancies up to June 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Audit recommended that by June 2026, the Department of Communities and Justice / Homes NSW should:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">simplify the social housing application process to reduce barriers to applying for eligible applicants and improve the efficiency of processing applications
<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">review and improve the allocation and offer process to better match client needs with available properties and increase the number of offers that are accepted
<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">regularly monitor and report on the use of manual allocations to ensure they are consistent with policy and do not create inequitable outcomes
<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<a name="_Hlk203737546"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">clearly articulate the role of Homes NSW as a social housing landlord to help tenants access support to sustain their tenancy, including
by: <o:p></o:p></span></i></a></li><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk203737546"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">strengthening the Homes NSW practice framework for support coordination
<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo2">
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk203737546"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">strengthening local approaches to working in partnership with government agencies and support services
<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></li></ol>
<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk203737546"></span>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">align key data sets to improve data consistency between DCJ and community housing providers to enable system-wide analysis and reporting on outcomes for tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">In Appendix 1 – NSW Communities and Justice accepts all the recommendations, noting that Homes NSW has now been set
up and that the consultation for the Homes NSW Plan identified many of the same issues and that the recommendations align with the key reform areas that Homes NSW has identified for action in its plan. (Note: the appendices are only currently accessible in
the PDF version and are not on the Audit website. The DCJ response is an image rather than text so REDWatch has placed a text recognition version it on its website to make the response more assessable at
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/250721dcjocr/view"><span style="color:#0563C1">DCJ Housing / Homes NSW response to 2025 Performance Audit of Social Housing</span></a>).<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Audit report is worth reading to better understand what has been happening in housing administration and to know
what Homes NSW has agreed to address. The report also covers some Community Housing providers including Link-Wentworth who are part of the Waterloo redevelopment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007837"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Waterloo Collaborative and the Performance Audit</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Waterloo Human Services Collaborative has been focused on the supports for public housing tenants so Recommendation
4 is particularly relevant. Its asks Homes NSW to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">4. clearly articulate the role of Homes NSW as a social housing landlord to help tenants access support to sustain their tenancy, including
by: <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3">
<![if !supportLists]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">strengthening the Homes NSW practice framework for support coordination
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:106%;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo3">
<a name="_Hlk203738724"><![if !supportLists]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span></i><![endif]><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">strengthening
</span></i></a><a name="_Hlk203738092"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk203738724"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">local approaches to working in partnership with government agencies and support services</span></i></span></a><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes NSW’s response in accepting Recommendation 4 said:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">“Homes NSW will articulate its roles as a social landlord in the non-market housing system, including in relation
to sustaining tenancies and helping our customers to get matched to the services they need as quickly as possible. Homes NSW commits to reviewing practices and procedures and to strengthening how we bring together housing and homelessness services and provider
through a local coordination approach that helps to ensure people are connected to the right support at the right time to get and keep a home”.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Recommendation 4 a) has been a focus of Groundswell’s meetings with DCJ Housing / Homes NSW. It is also covered in
the Homes NSW Addendum to the Waterloo Action Plan that comes out of the DCJ/ Homes NSW – Groundswell meetings over the last six years. It is good to see the problems we have been raising from tenants acknowledged by both the Audit and Homes NSW. We wait to
see how Homes NSW implements improved supports for new and existing tenants and the referral tracking highlighted in the Audit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Recommendation 4 b) asks Homes to strengthen exactly the process that the Waterloo Human Service Collaborative was
set up to do as a local approach to working in partnership with government agencies and support services.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ironically the Audit recommendations come at the same time that Homes NSW has reduced support for the backbone Secretariat
for the Waterloo Human Services Collaborative. Up until late last year DCJ Housing was funded by the old Land and Housing Corporation to provide the Secretariat. In a newly combined Homes NSW, the redevelopment decided it was not its responsibility and they
declined to renew the funding. The Secretariat staff were then redeployed to the stop-gap Tenant Participation team, in addition to maintaining a reduced role on the Collaborative. In the lead up to the new Tennant Participation teams being rolled out at the
beginning of July 2025, Homes NSW announced that the new Sydney District would take over the Secretariat role in the short term with a view to Secretariat being shared across those participating in the Collaborative.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">So at the same time that the Audit report wants homes to “strengthening local approaches to working in partnership
with government agencies and support services” Homes NSW has reduced backbone support to an existing mechanism that is doing what the auditor want them to do more of.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch is of the view that supports for Public Housing tenants should be core business for Homes NSW which is focused
on putting tenants at the heart of what it is doing. Other agencies have wider remits that intersect with Homes NSW tenants. All agencies in a Collaboration need to focus their resources on areas identified by the Collaboration. Backbone support for service
improvement for public housing tenants, however would seem to be a Homes NSW responsibility, as the audit report seems to indicate by asking Homes to strengthen this approach for its tenants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">It seems to REDWatch that Homes NSW should be looking to provide the backbone support for a collaboration that already
exists and be able to report on it in 12 months’ time as a potential model to be encouraged elsewhere in the state. This may require funding initially from the Home’s NSW state office to make sure it works, rather than simply adding this as another role that
the new Sydney District is expected to cover as it strives to deliver on recommendation 4 a).
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Groundswell NGO representatives are looking to meet with the district to better understand how audit recommendation
4 will be actioned in the Sydney District and its ability to provide the Collaborative’s backbone support from the district budget. The backbone support issue is also being followed up by the Waterloo Collaborative chairs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007838"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – 10-year plan feedback</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW is developing a 10-year Homes for NSW Plan to improve the social housing and homelessness system. Homes says the final 10-year plan
will be released in July 2025. In the meantime it has released a brief 2 page <a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-06/homes-for-nsw-plan-discussion-paper-consultation-what-we-heard.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Homes for NSW Discussion Paper consultation - what we heard</span></a> summary (PDF 507.74KB).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007839"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – development website changes</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The old Department of Planning Land and Housing website, which contained information on public housing redevelopments has moved to new
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects"><span style="color:#0563C1">Social Housing Building Projects</span></a> section of the
<a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/"><span style="color:#0563C1">NSW government site</span></a>. The website content has also been updated so there is some new information there about projects in our area. You may want to bookmark the new web pages for sites
of interest such as the <a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects/social-building-projects/waterloo-renewal-project">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Waterloo Renewal Project</span></a>, <a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects/social-building-projects/new-mixed-use-redevelopment-project-at-redfern-place">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Redfern Place</span></a> (Elizabeth Street) and <a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects/social-building-projects/explorer-street-eveleigh-rezoning-and-redevelopment">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Explorer Street</span></a> (Eveleigh).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects/social-building-projects/waterloo-renewal-project"><span style="color:#0563C1">Waterloo Renewal Project</span></a>
page contains expanded information on Aboriginal housing being delivered by the Consortium, as well as other updated information, now the consortium is in place.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007840"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Homes NSW – Housing Design Requirements</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">For those starting to think about the next stage of the Waterloo redevelopment and talks with the Consortium, the Waterloo site contains some
documents which relate generally to social housing design which heading into Waterloo DA discussions you might like to have a look at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/departments-and-agencies/homes-nsw/social-housing-resources/good-design-for-social-housing" title="Good Design for Social Housing"><span style="color:#0563C1">Good
design for social housing</span></a> NSW Government Architect (September 2020)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-05/lahc-dwelling-requirements.pdf" title="Homes NSW dwelling requirements"><span style="color:#0563C1">Homes NSW dwelling requirements
(PDF 590.8KB)</span></a> NSW Government Architect (September 2020)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:-18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-05/lahc-design-requirements.pdf" title="Homes NSW design requirements"><span style="color:#0563C1">NSW Land and Housing Corporation
(LAHC) Design Requirements (PDF 235.56KB)</span></a> NSW Government Architect (February 2023)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007841"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Explorer Street Eveleigh Rezoning Movement</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/housing-and-infrastructure-projects/social-building-projects/explorer-street-eveleigh-rezoning-and-redevelopment"><span style="color:#0563C1">Explorer
Street</span></a> Eveleigh site has been updated with additional information that says the site will deliver up to 400 new homes with up to 50% being either social or affordable housing. It also says 20% of the affordable housing will be dedicated to Aboriginal
people. If the breakup was as, it is in Waterloo, with 30% social and 20% affordable, this would deliver 16 Affordable Aboriginal homes.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">As is the case in Waterloo, the South Eveleigh page says “Social housing tenants who are required to relocate in the future will receive at least
6 months written notice before needing to move. Homes NSW will support all impacted tenants to find suitable homes that meet their individual housing needs”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) has been negotiated between Homes NSW and the City of Sydney Council, which will see South Sydney Rotary
Park transferred to Council upon occupation of the redeveloped site. The rezoning determination is expected in coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The proposed VPA is currently on exhibition by the City of Sydney until 4<sup>th</sup> August 2025</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">.
You can view the draft planning agreement, explanatory note and other exhibition material at
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government-projects/explorer-street-eveleigh"><span style="color:#0563C1">Draft planning agreement: Explorer Street, Eveleigh</span></a>
and send your comments to Brett Calear by email at <a href="mailto:bcalear@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au">
<span style="color:#0563C1">bcalear@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au</span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007842"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Planning Changes – Exhibition periods and design Excellence</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">As covered in the last REDWatch update there are changes proposed to the Department of Planning’s Community Participation Plan. The proposal is
to reduce the exhibition time on some State Significant sites from 28 days to 14 days. REDWatch has strongly objected to the proposed change and on our website you can see the
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/govt/planning/250717redw/view"><span style="color:#0563C1">REDWatch Submission - Changes to reduce Homes NSW exhibitions to 14 Days</span></a>. REDWatch is aware of submissions raising concerns about this proposal from the
City of Sydney Council, Friends of Erskineville and Shelter NSW.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Also being considered by the Planning Department is a
<a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/policy-and-legislation/housing/housing-delivery-authority/state-significant-developments-design-competition-exemption-pathway">
<span style="color:#0563C1">State significant developments design competition exemption pathway</span></a>. This proposal however looks like it will not impact design excellence arrangements in Waterloo as the fact sheet says “It will not provide a bonus of
height or floor space that may have been available through a competitive design process”. A design excellence bonus of 10% extra floor space, but not height, is proposed for Waterloo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007843"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Understanding the Planning System and Community Participation</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">With residents sometimes struggling to understand the planning systems and what is in play when, REDWatch encourages community members to read
the following guides that provide a <a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-05/community-guide-to-planning.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Community Guide to Planning</span></a> and <a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/community-participation-plan.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Community Participation Plan</span></a>. In the Community Participation Plan it is worthwhile noting that it makes reference to both informal as well as formal feedback. REDWatch encourages early informal input into the planning
process and not just relying on the formal exhibition stage. Inviting Stockland to REDWatch meetings early in the process is an important part of this process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc204007844"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Build a Bridge at Eveleigh Campaign</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Discussions continue between REDWatch, Friends of Erskineville and Alexandria Residents Action Group regarding revamping the campaign to bridge
Eveleigh. Transport for NSW says it hopes to be able to provide us with possible dates for it to report back to the community on Eveleigh redevelopments and its position on the bridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In the meanwhile locals may be interested in this
<a href="https://www.future.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2022-06/tech_central_place_based_transport_strategy.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Tech Central Camperdown-Ultimo Place-based Transport Strategy</span></a> for future transport needs in the area. It found that the railway corridor added an extra 700 metres to the trip for people walking or biking from Waterloo
Metro to Sydney University Darlington campus compared to if a bridge existed (p21) and argued the need to investigate “a new rail corridor crossing between North Eveleigh and Australian Technology Park” (now South Eveleigh on p39).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This Transport Strategy was undertaken in collaboration with Transport for NSW and key stakeholders in the then Camperdown Ultimo Alliance and
across the NSW Government. The Alliance was comprised of representatives from the City of Sydney, Inner West Council, Health Infrastructure NSW, Sydney Local Health District, TAFE NSW, University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">It is plain that lots of organisations support the need to build a bridge at Eveleigh not just local residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Toc204007845"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Shelter NSW Walking Tours of The Rocks and Darlinghurst</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Shelter NSW has organised
<a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/events/"><span style="color:#0563C1">some walking tours</span></a> with existing groups free of charge that might be of interest to people with an interest in Sydney activist history and housing.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Rocks</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> - You can book to join Shelter free of charge for '<a href="https://www.rockswalkingtours.com.au/educational-program/the-green-bans-of-the-rocks/"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">The
Green Bans of the Rocks</span></i></a>' walking tour for the following days, but places are limited so book early for
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-green-bans-of-the-rocks-walking-tour-2-tickets-1406907922469?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-green-bans-of-the-rocks-walking-tour-2-tickets-1406907922469?aff=oddtdtcreator">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Tuesday 26th of August - 12pm</span></a> or <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-green-bans-of-the-rocks-walking-tour-3-tickets-1406908524269?aff=oddtdtcreator" title="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-green-bans-of-the-rocks-walking-tour-3-tickets-1406908524269?aff=oddtdtcreator">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Thursday 18th of September - 3pm</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Darlinghurst</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> - Guided Walking tours through Darlinghurst are being
conducted by QTopia. These “From Grunge to Glamour: A Walk Through Our History” are being held at
<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-grunge-to-glamour-a-walk-through-our-history-led-by-qtopia-1-tickets-1406909236399?aff=oddtdtcreator">
<span style="color:#0563C1">2pm on Tuesday 19<sup>th</sup> August</span></a>, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-grunge-to-glamour-a-walk-through-our-history-led-by-qtopia-2-tickets-1409742530859?aff=oddtdtcreator">
<span style="color:#0563C1">3pm on Tuesday 19<sup>th</sup> August</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Green Ban movement grew out of trade union action in the 1970s. The Rocks became an important area of confrontation for the local residents
who were supported in their protest by equally concerned union and community leaders. The Green Bans were also important in other parts of inner Sydney. In Waterloo they stopped the eastward expansion of the Waterloo high rise public housing estate into the
Elizabeth Street Waterloo precinct, as has been captured in <a href="https://www.tomzubrycki.com/films/waterloo">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Tom Zubrycki’s documentary <i>Waterloo</i></span></a>. The 500+ public housing units in the Waterloo conservation area are a legacy of this resident and union collaboration in the Green Bans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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