Janet Dandy-Ward’s Post

Such an excellent article - superb historical knowledge and great insights and comparisons with what is happening now on Public/Social Housing, campaigning and social justice. Amongst other great observations Wendy writes; “Public housing in Woolloomooloo survives but the Rocks has become an area mostly for the rich. The Sirius building in the Rocks was designed for the publicly owned Housing Commission in the late 1970s for the specific purpose of housing lower income tenants already being pushed out of the area. It was a shining example of what could be possible. But it too was sold off by the previous NSW LNP Berejiklian government for $150 million for luxury private apartments. Overall, public housing declined as a percentage of housing stock - and has been under continual threat. The Labor Minister for Housing Rose Jackson has promised that the situation will improve but the Minns government is still proposing to demolish public housing in Waterloo and replace it only partly with social housing. The rest will be private housing sold at market rates. Vulnerable tenants are promised they will be moved into alternative housing but many would prefer to stay and question why the poorly maintained buildings cannot be updated” I’ll pop the full link in the comments. #HousingIsAHumanRight