glebegrapevine.orgYou heard it here! Invitation to join The Picnic for Public Housing Protest the privatisation of public land. Use public land for public housing! Provide housing for those who need it. Not for profit. Build and extend public housing! Program Food and Drink Available All welcome to send a protest for more urgency on housing from […]
working for a reversal on the 82 decision
Letter no 2 Dealing with the Environmental Consequences of demolishing 82 Wentworth Park Rd We have prepared this letter dealing with the environmental consequences of demolishing public housing. Please use this sample letter or use it to send your own letter to Minister Jackson as soon as you can. Go to the Minister’s Contact page https://www.nsw.gov.au/nsw-government/ministers/minister-for-water-housing-homelessness-mental-health-youth-and-north-coast […]
View of 82 Wentworth Park Rd
Despite the setback in stopping the demolition we continue to campaign for infill rather than demolition
82 Wentworth Park Rd Glebe Which would you prefer? Check the images above: 82 Wentworth Park Road as it is today or the impression of the new building as planned by the Land and Housing Corporation. The Local Planning Panel (LPP) met on 13 December to consider the DA which authorises the demolition and rebuild […]
In a housing crisis why demolish? Media Release Monday, 11 December 2023 Sydney community group Hands off Glebe, with the support of the Glebe Society, is launching its latest booklet, The Wentworth Report, at Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday 12 December at 6.30pm. The booklet presents the case to save the public housing complex at […]
It argues the case for an alternative approach to increasing the supply of good public housing by renovating the existing building and adding additional housing on the site.
20 September 2023 Media Release “We are deeply disappointed by the NSW Budget,” said Denis Doherty from public housing advocacy group Hands off Glebe. “The NSW Government’s miserly and inadequate approach to the housing crisis has dashed the promises made by Housing Minister Rose Jackson for a more considered and generous approach to housing provision,” […]
The fight for 82 continues At a rally at Parliament House on 23 August organised by Hands off Glebe, local MP Kobi Shetty accepted over 400 letters from Glebe residents demanding renovation not demolition of 82 Wentworth Park Road. Kobi delivered the letters on our behalf to Housing and Homelessness Minister Rose Jackson. We had […]