#BREAKINGNEWS It’s NSW Budget Day! But don’t be bored, I'm incredibly proud of this one. Today we're announcing the Building Homes for NSW Program - the largest ever public housing investment in NSW Government history. This is once in a generation opportunity that will re-build our public housing after a decade of neglect and deliver 30,000 homes to confront the housing crisis.

The $6.6 Billion Building Homes Program will: - Build 8400 new public homes - half of these homes will be dedicated to women and families experiencing domestic violence. - Fix 33,500 public homes in desperate need of repair - the biggest investment in public housing maintenance ever. - Deliver over 21,000 affordable and market homes across our state. - Deliver a record investment in homelessness services of over half a billion dollars and properly fund crisis accommodation all while building the homes we need to tackle long-term homelessness. - Build affordable rentals for key workers - so they can live in the communities that rely on them. - Undertake the biggest planning reforms in a generation - building homes around existing infrastructure. We know we’ve got a huge job ahead of us - it won’t be easy but our state has faced challenges like this before and Labor has the energy, spirit and new ideas to get this done. We want to fix the housing system and create one that is fair and affordable for everyone. One that provides dignity to people living in public housing, homes for women escaping violence, places for key workers to live in their communities, and affordable homes for all. This is only the beginning - but brick by brick, house by house, street by street we’re building a housing system we can be truly proud of and a better NSW for all. 🌹 Rose

2024 Street count results out today. While we’ve seen metro Sydney street sleeping stabilise we’ve seen huge surges in homelessness in our regions. So what are we doing to support our homeless community: - Reforming short term rental rules and exploring all options like levies and planning changes - Investing in modular housing - fast, good quality and reliable - Rebuilding our public housing system after decades of neglect - Exploring converting unused sites into crisis accommodation - Removing caps on temporary accommodation so more people aren’t forced to street sleep These are just some of the things we are doing and I know there is a lot more to do. But our Government fundamentally believes housing is a human right and no one should have to sleep on the streets. smh.com.au/politics/nsw/para…