Minister_for_Housing_(New_South_Wales)

Minister for Housing (New South Wales)

Minister for Housing (New South Wales)

Government minister in the New South Wales, Australia

The New South Wales Minister for Housing is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development of social housing and housing policy in New South Wales, Australia.

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It was first established in 1919 in the Nationalist ministry of William Holman, with the principal responsibility being the provision of housing for the poor. The ministerial title has had several incarnations from 1919 to 1921, 1922–1925, 1941–2011, 2017–2019, and 2019–2021.

Between 2015 and 2019, there was also a related Minister for Social Housing.[1][2] It was established in the Second Baird ministry and largely shared responsibility with the Minister for Family and Community Services.[3] Any separation was nominal however as both ministries were held by Brad Hazzard and then Pru Goward. It was abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry.[1]

Between 2019 and 2021, the portfolio was absorbed by the new portfolio of Water, Property and Housing. It was re-established in 2021 as Minister for Homes.

The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, including the Department of Planning and Environment and a range of other government agencies.[1][4][3] Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Role and responsibilities

Housing, Homes and Homelessness

A housing board was created in 1912,[5] under the supervision of the Treasurer.[6] A separate ministry was created in 1919 and its initial purpose was to regulate standards for housing construction and to provide housing for the poor.[7] It was abolished with the first Dooley ministry in 1921 and was revived in the first and second Fuller ministries. Housing was re-established as a ministry in the first McKell Ministry as a part of the portfolio of Local Government and Housing. The minister oversaw the Housing Commission established by the Housing Act 1941,[8] to provide housing for the unemployed and other schemes to assist the purchase and/or erection of homes for lower-income and servicemen's families.[9] It became a separate ministry in the second McKell ministry and in addition to housing schemes for the poor the portfolio was responsible for a range of leasing and title bodies including rent control, landlord and tenant issues and strata title. In 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry housing was absorbed into the portfolio of Family and Community Services.[10]

The separate portfolio of housing was briefly re-created in the First Berejiklian ministry in 2017, however it did not have responsibility for any legislation which remained with the portfolios of family and community services and social housing.[11] The portfolio was abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry and housing became the responsibility of the Minister for Water, Property and Housing. The portfolio was re-established in 2021 in the Second Perrottet ministry as the Minister for Homes, in the Planning, Industry and Environment cluster.[2]

Social Housing (2015-2019)

The portfolio shared responsibility for the following legislation:

  • Aboriginal Housing Act 1998, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Housing Act 2001, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Residential Tenancies Act 2010, Part 7 Social housing tenancy agreements, jointly with the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation.[lower-alpha 1][3]

List of ministers

Housing

The following individuals have served as Minister for Housing or any precedent titles:

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Homelessness

The following individuals have served as Minister for Homelessness:

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Former ministerial title

Social housing

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Notes

  1. The rest of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 was the responsibility of the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation).

References

  1. [1]
    "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "PFO-364 Social Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. [4]
    "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  5. [5]
    Housing Act 1912 (NSW)
  6. [6]
    "AGY-2026 Housing Board". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  7. [7]
    "PFO-98 Housing [I}". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  8. [8]
    Housing Act 1941 (NSW)
  9. [9]
    "PFO-94 Local Government and Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  10. [10]
    "PFO-98 Housing [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  11. [11]
    "PFO-375 Housing [III]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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    "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  14. [14]
    Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  15. [15]
    Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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