Greens in Parliament: Supporting Electric and Hydrogen Fuel, and Improvements to Rental Bond Services
Today the Greens supported measures to improve the uptake of electric and Hydrogen powered vehicles, and supported changes to make lodging rental bonds easier and more transparent for renters.
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Affordable Housing and Appropriate Support Services Key to Addressing Homelessness in NSW
The Greens NSW have responded to the NSW Government's Foundations for Change – Homelessness in NSW discussion paper.
The submission from The Greens recognises that action is required at all levels of government to guarantee access to adequate, affordable and appropriate housing to all members for our community and to ensure that appropriate support services are available to address the systemic and personal issues that often result in homelessness.
Read moreInclusionary zoning a key part of the housing affordability puzzle
NSW Greens spokesperson on Housing Jenny Leong MP welcomes long overdue attention to inclusionary zoning as a means to address the housing affordability crisis in Sydney. However she warns that scrutiny is needed to ensure that it is not used as an excuse to give developers free reign on density, with no consideration of community needs.
“Requiring a percentage of affordable dwellings to be part of any new significant development is an important part of the puzzle when it comes to addressing the housing affordability crisis” she says.
Read moreMore Public Housing Desperately Needed in NSW
We need urgent funding to ensure the 60,000 people sitting on the waiting list for public housing in NSW can be placed in homes.
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NSW Treasurer fails to rule out Serco involvement in public housing
In response to a question from NSW Greens spokesperson on Housing and Member for Newtown Jenny Leong MP, the NSW Treasurer has failed to rule out allowing global corporation Serco from profiting from public housing in NSW.
Serco are infamous for their operation of Australian detention centres, which have been the subject of many complaints of human rights breaches.
Read moreWill Detention Center Operator Serco be Allowed to Run Public Housing in NSW?
Today we asked the Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian if Serco, the company that operates Australia's inhumane refugee detention centers, will be prevented from profiting from public housing in NSW.
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A Bleak Future for NSW Renters
NSW Fair Trading has released the Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 in response to the 210 public submissions that suggested improvements to NSW rental laws earlier this year.
The report signals a bleak future for NSW renters.
Read moreNSW Affordable Housing Fund Actually Funding WestConnex
A new analysis of the NSW budget reveals the Government's much-promoted "Affordable Housing Fund" is actually being directed to road projects, including the contentious WestConnex tollway.
The analysis was revealed by peak housing body Shelter NSW. It shows that rather than paying for housing, the $262 million fund will pay for roads, with $140 million for a WestConnex off ramp at Lidcombe.
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Greens NSW Submission to the Draft Strata Regulation
The NSW Greens have made a submission on the draft strata regulation released by the NSW Government. The regulation gives detail to the Strata Schemes Development Act 2015 and Strata Schemes Management Act 2015.
Read moreQuestion Time: Affordable Housing
Today we asked the Minister for Planning Rob Stokes what the Government is doing to ensure affordable housing is prioritised.
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