“We’ve got a housing crisis in Sydney,and if we can’t have social housing on publicly owned sites,where are we going to have it?” Moore said at a council meeting on Monday.
The overhaul of the sprawling estate in Sydney’s south has triggered debate about the provision of social and affordable homes in the inner city,where vulnerable residents face a five- to 10-year wait for social housing.
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Moore’s council has pushed for the development to comprise at least 30 per cent social housing,and 20 per cent affordable housing for low-income workers.
The state government plans to replace 749 social housing properties with 3012 units in Waterloo South. Of those,847 – or 28 per cent – will be social housing,nearly 100 more units than at present.
Another 227 units – less than 8 per cent – are earmarked as affordable housing,with the remaining 1900 dwellings private homes,according to the plansplaced on exhibition in March.
Moore said:“The government’s unwillingness to give a firm commitment to at least 30 per cent social housing on public land is not only disappointing,I think it’s quite shocking,” Moore said.