Moved by Councillor Arkins, seconded by
Councillor Kok –
It is resolved that:
(A) Council note:
(i)
the NSW
Labor Government’s $6.6 Billion Building Homes for NSW package is delivering
the first new public housing stock in over a decade;
(ii)
this is
the largest investment by the NSW Government into social housing in the state’s
history, delivering over 8,000 new public homes;
(iii)
the
funding is delivering new social housing properties, improving maintenance of
existing public housing and boosts homelessness support services;
(iv)
it
invests in new homes for women and children escaping domestic violence,
Aboriginal people and their families, older Australians, those living with
disability and young people without family support; and
(v)
construction
has started on new public housing at 82 Wentworth Park Road in Glebe;
(B) Council support:
(i)
increased
investment in public housing by the NSW Labor Government in the City of Sydney
Local Government Area; and
(ii)
the first increase in the total number of
public housing dwellings in a decade; and
(C)
the
Lord Mayor be requested to write to Premier Chris Minns and Minister for
Housing Rose Jackson welcoming increased investment in new public housing in
our City and the delivery of more public housing in Glebe.
Carried unanimously, as part of an in globo motion.
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