Community Renewal in Public Housing

Reclaiming communities for people - A NSW Department of Housing perspective.

The NSW Department of Housing, Community Renewal Strategy focuses on: partnerships between communities and service providers; recognising the benefits of diverse communities; closing the gap between socially included and the socially excluded; responding to peoples needs for stable, well balanced communities; and building community confidence.

The key strategies of the Community Renewal initiatives are:

• Making client service staff more accessible so that they can respond to problems quickly
• Work with the Police to identify trouble-spots and ways to reduce criminal activity
• Improve housing so it better meets contemporary standards so residents want to stay
• Improve social mix through identified sales and use housing associations to diversify management
• Work with groups of residents so they can develop new skills and help prioritise work
• Link residents with training and employment opportunities
• Encourage other service providers to work in partnership with residents and the Department.

Facts Sheets which summarise individual community renewal initiatives and are available for download for:

• Airds (270 KB)
• Bidwill (226 KB)
• Booragul (255KB)
• Goonellabah (225 KB)
• Inverell (216 KB)
• Macquarie Fields (268 KB)
• Miller (275 KB)
• Minto (244 KB)
• Nowra (241 KB)
• Riverwood (198 KB)
• Waterloo ( 213 KB)
• Windale (227 KB) and
• West Dubbo.(250 KB)

For more information follow this link to the Department of Housing website

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