The Minns Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to stimulate housing supply with sites for another1400 homes to be delivered through its Building Homes for NSW program, as housing developers are invited to register their interest in market sites. 

“This is a whole-of-Government effort to unlock more private, social and affordable housing. The majority of homes delivered during the Housing Accord Period will be delivered by the private sector and that is why we are unlocking surplus land to deliver more well-located homes,” Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully says.

The land audit has delivered another 11 sites which will be able to deliver approximately 1,300 homes. The sites announced  include two sites at Menai and Haberfield earmarked for transfer to Homes NSW, delivering an estimated 242 dwellings with roughly 130 social and affordable homes.  

“The Minns Labor Government has made housing our number one priority. We are pulling every lever to get the delivery of housing moving. Through the land audit we’ve identified another 11 sites that could potentially deliver almost 1300 homes, which will be another step in our efforts to address housing supply,” Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper says.

“Having firmly established what can be achieved, the property audit will continue as an ongoing and regular function of government in our efforts to find new opportunities to deliver critically needed housing across NSW.”

Three sites at Rooty Hill, St Leonards and Chatswood are being investigated by Landcom and have the potential to deliver almost 850 homes, including more than 80 affordable dwellings. Two sites in Darlinghurst and one each in Turramurra, Frenchs Forest, Wakeley, and Wallarah on the Central Coast will be developed into housing in partnership with the private sector. 

“As part of the Minns Government's Building Homes for NSW program, Homes NSW has identified an additional nine sites across the state that will deliver over 100 new social and affordable homes for people in need,” Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness Rose Jackson says.

“Every home we deliver is a step toward a fairer and more secure future for families across NSW. These new sites will bring us closer to ensuring everyone has a place to call home.

The final approach to delivering housing on the sites, including details on quantity and types of housing, will be confirmed following further due diligence and subsequent planning and regulatory approvals. 

To fast-track the delivery of homes, housing developers and members of the public are invited to submit their interest in purchasing surplus NSW Government sites to deliver new homes and help ease the state's housing crisis. 

Property and Development NSW (PDNSW) has launched a Registrations of Interest (ROI) campaign, calling on parties to indicate their interest in developing a mix of low, medium and high-density market housing at 22 sites across Sydney and regional NSW. 

The Government’s objectives for delivering housing on property audit sites are:

  • To maximise dwelling yield. 
  • To minimise time to delivery of new housing. 
  • To support the delivery of affordable and key workers rental housing, where practicable and feasible. 
  • Support modern methods of construction, where practicable and feasible. 
  • Support increased productivity in the housing sector through innovative approaches to development and construction. 
  • Ensure value for money.

ROI participants will have the opportunity to identify sites they have an interest in acquiring and propose how they would deliver housing on the sites. 

This information will be considered alongside the Government’s objectives for the program to inform how housing will be delivered on these sites. 

Property and Development NSW’s ROI campaign is open from 23 November to 14 December. For more information and to register your interest, click here.    

The announcement of nine additional sites builds on the NSW Government’s commitment to deliver more social and affordable homes across the state.

The redevelopment sites across Greater Sydney, the Hunter Region, and Central West NSW will deliver over 100 new social homes—an increase of 79 homes above the existing supply.

The sites are shovel-ready, with construction set to commence on these sites in the first half of 2025. 

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