Resident petition on affordable housing
A resident-led petition on affordable housing and new planning rules is open for signatures via the NSW Parliament website.
The ePetition titled 'Save Genuinely Affordable Housing from New Planning Rule Exploitation' asks the Legislative Assembly to call on the NSW Government to:
- Prohibit the AHB [In-Fill Affordable Housing Bonus] where it results in net loss of low-cost housing
- Ensure new affordable housing is genuinely affordable-capped at 30% of household income, retained in perpetuity
- Introduce location-based limits to the $75 million SSD [State Significant Development] threshold
- Assess infrastructure, amenity and heritage impacts prior to granting density
- Establish a Parliamentary Inquiry to publicly evaluate the AHB's operation
The ePetiton is open until 31 July 2026 and can be accessed via the NSW Parliament website.
Petitions allow members of the public to directly place their issues before the Parliament. A petition helps raise awareness of an issue in the community and lets Members of Parliament know what action the community wants the Parliament to take, but it doesn't compel the Parliament to take action.
Council resolved at its May meeting to promote the petition through the organisation's communications channels.