Concrete pouring on 41-home social housing development
Concrete began pouring on January 27 on a $15.3M social housing development which will deliver 41 new homes in the heart of Gosford. Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and…
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Land identified as suitable for affordable housing will not be sold
The Entrance MP, David Mehan, has welcomed the decision by Central Coast Administrator, Dick Persson, to remove land identified as suitable for affordable housing from the list of sites approved…
Weekly News 5@5
November 20, 2020. This week’s big news stories from across the Central Coast: NSW Budget details, Council Administrator tours the Coast, upgraded train stations, new Renewable Energy Zone, Surfing star,…
‘There just isn’t enough social housing’ – Mehan
Member for The Entrance David Mehan is once more putting the spotlight on the social housing crisis on the Central Coast, saying his latest advice was that there were 58…
Spending measures for Coast unveiled in State Budget
Despite criticism from some quarters, Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast, Adam Crouch, says the Budget reflects millions of dollars to be spent on the Coast. A highlight is $100…
Weekly Video News 5@5
The week’s lead Central Coast stories: Council administrator set to sell assets and borrows $50 million from undisclosed lender. Contentious Darkinjung development at Kariong questioned. Social housing project in Gosford…
Call to fast track urgent repairs to social housing
Shadow Minister for Housing, Jason Clare, joined Federal Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, in Watanobbi and Wyoming on Thursday, October 5, to visit government owned homes in dire need of…
Social housing boom underway on the Coast
NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services, Gareth Ward, was in Long Jetty on Tuesday, September 29, to provide an update on the social housing building blitz currently underway…
Much more social housing needed
Labor MPs and welfare organisations are calling for more social housing projects on the Central Coast, with Coast Shelter reporting there are more than 1300 people on social housing waiting…
Gosford social housing development commences
The first sod has been turned on a $15.3M social housing development in Beane St, Gosford, which has been fast tracked by the State Government as part of its efforts…
$4M spruce up for social housing
Social housing properties on the Central Coast are set for a major spruce up, thanks to almost $4M in funding through the State Government’s Social Housing Maintenance Stimulus Program. Parliamentary…
Local social housing firms receive $4M to tackle rough sleeping
Two social housing providers based on the Central Coast are set to receive a significant share of the NSW Government’s $36M Together Home initiative, with Compass Housing Services and Pacific…
Major social housing investment needed
In the wake of rising demand for affordable housing, the Labor Party has renewed calls for a National Housing Stimulus Plan to build and repair social and affordable housing across…
Pacific Link proposal reduces social housing
[Forum] Luke Chell (Forum, edition 487) expresses commendable sentiments. There is a real need for social housing. However, exactly what is provider Pacific Link proposing for its site near the…
Social housing: What is the alternative?
[Forum] Recently I have noticed an understandable degree of concern at recent social housing developments, specifically at Pacific Link near Rawson Rd and Ocean Beach Rd. Full disclosure: I live…
New social housing development at Point Clare
A new 55-unit social housing development at Point Clare will provide rental accommodation for at least 43 low income seniors and 12 single parent families. Developed under the State Government’s…
There needs to be massive development of Social Housing
[Forum] It is not enough to provide even a massive increase in transitory housing for rough sleepers who wish shelter. As things remain, the number of homeless will just keep rising….
Issue remains as housing project succeeds, says Tesch
A Woy Woy project provides 30 of only 47 units of social housing provided on the Central Coast under the NSW Government’s new funding model for social and affordable housing,…