the redevelopment of 10 hectares of railway land near Redfern station, including 450 new affordable and diverse homes in buildings up to 28 storeys.Fifteen per cent of apartments would be deemed affordable or social housing under the draft plans. Another 15 per cent are earmarked for diverse housing ranging from student to build-to-rent accommodation.
Urban Taskforce chief executive Tom Forrest blamed Stokes for a drop in apartment approvals that has “significantly contributed to the housing supply crisis”. Stokes was replaced as Planning Minister in 2021 by Anthony Roberts who dumped a series of policies championed by Stokes includingStokes said his current ministerial responsibilities provided the opportunity to set the broader narrative for the development of the city rather than getting bogged down in planning laws.
_andrew If it’s the commute that’s unreasonable, how about improving transport infrastructure? Instead of packing more people in centrally & giving away public land
_andrew Build affordable apartments in empty office buildings
_andrew ‘Sydney’s housing affordability crisis could be addressed by using public land to build homes….’ Nice idea, but if the Department of Immigration packs another million people into Sydney then it will have been for nothing. Mass immigration literally ruins everything.
_andrew How about build public housing on public land.
_andrew Why do they all look like Christian Porter?
_andrew That and just import a lot less humans every year. Give housing, healthcare & environment a breather from greedy business demands for ever more... auspol
_andrew You will own nothing and be happy
_andrew Steal more land and give it to developers? Been there, done that. Icac for him right now. He's corrupt.
_andrew .RobStokesMP used ministerial discretion to alter legislation, prioritising use of housing as tourist/visitor rentals. This was utterly, utterly disgraceful. We've lost in excess of 216,000 homes...that no longer house our residents. You know where to go, Stokes Right2Housing
_andrew This is a great idea until people realise the affordable housing might be in their suburb 😂
_andrew Affordable? No one really wants affordable housing, at least not in their suburbs lest it adversely affect property prices. And the other issues: 40 years of neglect and the ‘market’ will fix it have caught up with us. News flash, capitalism hasn’t fixed it and doesn’t care to.
_andrew And now Albanese is pushing for mass immigration.
_andrew There go all the parks
_andrew Where is this public land?