ANTHONY ALBANESE MP
PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA

JULIE COLLINS MP
MINISTER FOR HOUSING
MINISTER FOR HOMELESSNESS
MINISTER FOR SMALL BUSINESS

ROSE JACKSON MLC
MINISTER FOR WATER
MINISTER FOR HOUSING
MINISTER FOR HOMELESSNESS
MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
MINISTER FOR YOUTH
MINISTER FOR THE NORTH COAST

More than 700 people will have a safe and affordable home to live in with the restoration of 290 previously uninhabitable, vacant homes by the New South Wales Government, delivered with $25 million of Albanese Labor Government funding from the Social Housing Accelerator.
 
To date, the New South Wales Government has restored 277 homes, including 165 cottages, 30 townhouses, 7 villas and 75 units, with this Commonwealth funding. The 13 remaining homes will be restored by the end of June.
 
The $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator is one part of the Albanese Labor Government’s $32 billion Homes for Australia plan. 
 
The Albanese Labor Government is working with states and territories like New South Wales to help meet our ambitious national target of building 1.2 million homes by the end of the decade. 
 
Funding from the Social Housing Accelerator has been vital to the Albanese Labor Government and the Minns Labor Government’s shared goal to make more safe and secure homes available to New South Wales residents.
 
The Social Housing Accelerator has already provided $610 million to New South Wales to deliver around 1,500 homes. 

With over 58,000 people on the social housing waitlist in New South Wales, the New South Wales Government expedited refurbishment works last year to help alleviate housing pressure, particularly in areas with high rates of homelessness like Sydney’s Inner West. 

As at 1 June 2024.