Housing NSW, formerly the Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board, was an

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of the

Department of Communities and Justice The New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice, a department of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for the delivery of services to some of the most disadvantaged individuals, families and communities; and the administrat ...

that was responsible for the provision and management of

public housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, def ...

services with the aim to prevent

homelessness Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: * living on the streets, also kn ...

in the state of

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, Australia. The agency was established pursuant to the .

Purpose and function

Housing NSW provides a range of services including public and

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

housing, housing for people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, support services for people with special needs linked to government and non-government agencies, private rental assistance and subsidies, advice and assistance for home-buyers, the development of

affordable housing Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on affo ...

, community regeneration, and development and regulation of social housing policies. Initially the role of the Housing Commission was to investigate housing affordability and standards, co-ordinate with associated agencies, publish its findings and general information about housing, take steps to improve housing standards and recommend further legislation. The commission was responsible for the provision of post-war housing in the 1940s and 1950s, often using cheap

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materials due to shortages of other materials such as bricks. It was also responsible for

slum clearance Slum clearance, slum eviction or slum removal is an urban renewal strategy used to transform low income settlements with poor reputation into another type of development or housing. This has long been a strategy for redeveloping urban communities; ...

in the 1960s and the replacement of terraced housing in the Waterloo area with high rise public housing towers. In the 1970s, the now-discredited

American Radburn Radburn design housing (also called Radburn housing, Radburn design'', ''Radburn principle, or Radburn concept) is a concept for planned housing estates, based on a design that was originally used in Radburn, New Jersey, Radburn, New Jersey, Uni ...

style of public housing was used, especially in the south western suburbs of Sydney.

Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke (27 January 1900 – 20 August 1969), was an English-born Australian market researcher, housing commissioner, civic volunteer and philanthropist. She studied economics at the University of Sydney, graduating with a B ...

served on the commission for twenty years, from 1945 to 1965, and advocated for policies to improve the lives of women in public housing. Prior to the establishment of the Housing Commission, a Housing Board was established in April 1912 under the authority of the NSW Colonial Secretary.

High Rise Developments (6 stories and higher)

Sites

:* Camperdown :*Johanna O'Dea Court Pyrmont Bridge Rd (Corner of Lyons Rd), 1 building, next to Homeless accommodation and walk-up flats complex (Y-Shaped) * Chifley :*Namatjira Pl, 3 buildings, walk-up flats complex (I-Shaped) * Eastlakes :*Rosebery Apartments Maloney Street, (Corner of Leon Lachal Reserve), 2 unit blocks, linked by stairs/elevator block (I-Shaped) :*Eastlakes Apartments Florence Avenue, (Corner of Evans Avenue), 2 unit blocks, walk-up flats complex (I-Shaped) *

Gladesville Gladesville is a suburb in the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Gladesville is located 10 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Ryde a ...

:*Manning Rd, (Corner of Victoria Rd), 2 buildings (I-Shaped)\ *

Kirribilli Kirribilli is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. One of the city's most established and affluent neighbourhoods, it is located three kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area administere ...

:*Greenway, (Greenway Dr), 6 conjoined buildings adjacent to smaller complex (2 L-Shaped, 2 rectangle-shaped, 2 Y-shaped, 1 T-shaped) *

Lilyfield Lilyfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lilyfield is located 6 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Inner West Council. Lilyfield is ...

:*Lilyfield Rd, (Corner of Grove St), 1 building adjacent to 2 housing estates and duplex cottages (B-Shaped) * Newtown :*Station St, (Corner of Reiby Pl) 1 rectangular block :*Forbes St, (Corner of Elvy Pl) 1 building in Golden Grove Housing Complex (P-Shaped) *

North Bondi North Bondi is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. North Bondi is a mostly residential are ...

:*Elanora, (Hardy St) 1 building (U-Shaped) * Redfern :*Mckell, Lawson, Gilmore, Kendall Morehead St, 3 buildings adjacent to housing estate (3 double conjoined rectangular towers, 1 X-Shaped) :*Purcell, (1 I-shaped Block) * Riverwood :*Lincoln, Jefferson adjacent to large housing estate (2 triple conjoined square-shaped towers) *

Surry Hills Surry Hills is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Surry Hills is immediately south-east of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney. Surry Hills is surroun ...

:*John Northcott Place , 2 buildings, surrounded by walk-up complex (3 rectangular blocks conjoined with Y shaped tower, 1 I shaped surrounded by walk-ups) * Telopea :*Sturt St (Corner of Wade St), adjacent to large housing estate (3 square-shaped towers) * The Rocks :* Sirius building, 1 building adjacent to large housing estate, (/-shaped) (Sold to Private Developers) *

Waterloo, New South Wales Waterloo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian conti ...

:*Cook, Matavai, Turanga, Solander, Marton and Banks, adjacent to large housing estate, 6 buildings (4 I-shaped, 2 rectangle-shaped) :*Pitt St (Corner of Kellick St), 2 buildings (U-shaped)

References

External links

Housing NSW - web page
{{Authority control 1942 establishments in Australia Public housing in Australia Government agencies of New South Wales Radburn design housing estates

Purpose and function

High Rise Developments (6 stories and higher)

Sites

See also

References

External links