In short:
The NSW government has announced the first four sites for hundreds of new affordable houses in North Eveleigh, Camperdown, Kellyville and Camden.
There will be hundreds of social houses developed on the sites, with a portion going to women and children fleeing domestic violence.
What’s next?
More sites will be revealed in the coming months.
The NSW government has revealed the first new locations to be made available for affordable housing in the state, out of 44 government-owned sites that will be used to build new homes.
The four locations include North Eveleigh and Camperdown in the inner city, Kellyville in Sydney’s north west and Camden in the south west.
Out of the sites announced, the Carriageworks Precinct near Redfern station in North Eveleigh will take up the lion’s share of new housing.
Homes NSW will develop 500 dwellings at the Clothing Store sub-precinct. Half of those dwellings will be social and affordable homes.
Samantha Riley Drive in Kellyville, which is across from Rouse Hill Metro station, is expected to see between 75 to 83 new homes delivered.
Like the North Eveleigh site, half of those properties will be social and affordable houses.
There will be more than 100 homes developed on the WestConnex Dive site along Parramatta Road in Camperdown.
These dwellings, which will be a mixed use development, will be delivered in partnership with the private sector.
Homes NSW is expected to build 10 social and affordable homes in Menangle Road in Camden.
‘First tranche’ of housing work
NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson said the announcement signalled that the government was “at the fruition of the first tranche of housing work”.
“It’s fantastic to be here for the next stage of our housing work,” Ms Jackson said in a press conference held outside the Clothing Store sub-precinct with NSW planning minister Paul Scully.
“There’s more to come, but this is putting the meat on the bones of our planning and housing agenda.”
Ms Jackson said while only four sites were announced today there was a “big pipeline” with more locations to be revealed “progressively over the coming months”.
Mr Scully said the initiatives put forward by the Minns Labor government in a bid to remedy the housing crisis was part of a plan to “build a better New South Wales”.
State Lands and Property Minister Steve Kamper said the government’s “sophisticated approach” to deliver new housing was “ongoing” and that the first four sites would “produce 700 to 800 homes alone”.
“It’s just about getting the stock out there, and we’re doing it with government-owned property,” he said.
The Minns government announced in the 2024-25 state budget that it will deliver 30,000 new homes on 44 government-owned sites.
Out of those dwellings, there will be 8,400 new and refurbished social homes built, with a significant proportion going to women and children fleeing domestic violence.
The government has committed $6.1 billion to social housing, with $5.1 billion going to developing those homes on the selected sites and replacing other homes in disrepair.
There will be $1 billion spent repairing 33,500 existing social homes.
The 44 sites were selected after the state government ordered an audit of public land to identify locations for housing last year.
According to state government figures, there were almost 59,000 people waiting for social housing in NSW in May.
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