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Housing NSW, formerly the Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board, was an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice that was responsible for the provision and management of public housing services with the aim to prevent homelessness in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The New South Wales Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) is a department of the New South Wales Government, responsible for effective and sustainable planning to support the growth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It makes plans based on evidence for the state's cities and regions, working with the community ...
Landcom is a New South Wales Government–owned statutory corporation that is responsible for the delivery of new housing to meet the needs of people in the Australian state of NSW. [ 4 ] As a State Owned Corporation (SOC), Landcom operates on a commercial basis with the power to undertake and participate in residential, commercial and ...
During the mid-1970s in Australia, a number of youth refuges were established in New South Wales. These refuges were founded by local youth workers, providing crisis accommodation, soon began getting funding from the NSW Government. These early refuges include Caretakers Cottage, Young People's Refuge, Taldemunde among others. [4]
The former Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) was a department of the Australian Government located in Greenway in Canberra. It was formed in 2007 and absorbed the former Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs.
According to the 2006 census, Australia's public housing stock consisted of some 304,000 dwellings out of a total housing stock of more than 7.1 million dwellings, or 4.2% of all housing stock [3] (compared with 20% in Denmark, 46% "low rent housing" in France and 50% public housing in the UK at peak).
Housing was re-established as a ministry in the first McKell Ministry as a part of the portfolio of Local Government and Housing. The minister oversaw the Housing Commission established by the Housing Act 1941, [ 8 ] to provide housing for the unemployed and other schemes to assist the purchase and/or erection of homes for lower-income and ...
The Minister for Housing is an Australian Government cabinet position which is currently held by Clare O'Neil since July 2024 in the Albanese ministry. In the Government of Australia , the minister administers this portfolio through the Department of Social Services .