Exclusive: Sydney’s lord mayor says plan to sell unused parcels in order to develop housing is ‘disappointing’
Moore said she was disappointed in a plan that would see the government permanently relinquish valuable land to developers.The longtime mayor, however, remained hopeful the new government is serious about investing in social and affordable housing and would discuss the matter, alongside others including transport and waste, as she meets with ministers.
The premier has this week repeatedly denied the plan to develop government land into private and public housing constituted privatisation. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup“Privatisation, the definition of it, is that it’s the selling of a company or service or an industry.”Industry Association welcomed news of the audit as an indicator the government was taking the housing crisis seriously, but warned the proportion of social and affordable housing needed to be high.
“That is the key to confronting a housing crisis which is having its most severe impacts on our state’s most vulnerable people,” the association’s head of policy, Caitlin McDowell, said.
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