Community Housing Industry Association says Labor treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s announcements are ‘extremely disappointing’ for those on wait lists
“It’s a pretty underwhelming centerpiece, if it truly is the centerpiece of this budget.”
The Committee for Sydney’s chief executive, Eamon Waterford, described the funding for Landcom as “very modest” when compared with the“It’s absolutely the right question to be asking what role can the government play in delivering affordable housing and Lancom are the right people. I’d like to see more funding.”
“NSW does not need more vehicles for housing and homelessness finance, we need direct investment, now,” said the peak body’s acting CEO, Amy Hains.NSW has a shortage of 221,500 social and affordable homes, rents are hitting record highs and demand for homelessness services soared in the first three months of this year, Hains said.
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