glebegrapevine.orgGLEBE GRAPEVINE DECEMBER ISSUE You heard it here! The Grapevine wishes all our readers a happy Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year in a secure, decent and affordable home. December 2014 Bays Precinct: Democracy or Profit? Despite denials, it is clear the Baird Government is determined to ignore the community and international experts, […]
Media Release Tuesday, 18 November 2014 Demonstration Wednesday 19 November Parliament House, Macquarie Street 12 noon “We reject the Baird Government’s plan to move as many people as possible out of social housing and into the private rental market. This is a recipe for increased private profits at the cost of increasing human misery,” […]
10 November 2014 The Chief Executive Officer City of Sydney Dear Sir DA D/2014/1521 – 87 Bay Street Glebe NSW 2037 I refer to the Development Application for the site bounded by Bay Street, Wentworth Street, Cowper Street […]
Governments sleep at the wheel as housing affordability crashes 16 October 2014 The Australian Council of Social Service today urged Australian Governments to take coordinated action to tackle the worsening housing supply crisis. “New data shows that the housing supply crisis is getting worse and this is taking a heavy toll on first home buyers […]
Media Release Friday, October 24, 2014 A rally to be held at 12 noon on Saturday 25 October on the corner of Bay and Wentworth Streets, Glebe will demand a massive increase in spending on public housing and its maintenance and an immediate start to building public housing on the Cowper Street site. Greens […]
HANDS OFF PUBLIC HOUSING RALLY Saturday, Oct 25 12 noon cnr Bay & Wentworth Streets Public and affordable homes only for Cowper Street – no private units Defend Public Housing No more sell offs Sack Spotless Hands off Glebe 0418 290 663 glebegrapevine@gmail.comwww.glebegrapevine.org
October 2014 Government must invest in public housing Recent comments by NSW housing Minister Gabrielle Upton are revealing as to the thinking of the NSW Liberal government. Ms Upton said that public housing properties at The Rocks, which her department is in the process of selling off, were “not suitable for public housing” even though […]
Ms Kim Boettcher, The Aged Rights Service Inc. Australia Thank you Mr Chairman for giving me the floor. I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past and present. My name is Kim Boettcher and I am a delegate of The Aged-care Rights […]
SELECT QUOTES FROM SELECT COMMITTEE There is currently underway an inquiry into social, public and affordable housing n New South Wales conducted by the Legislative Council inquiry conducted by the Social, public and affordable housing Committee of the NSW Legislative Council. The inquiry has attracted over 200 submissions. Below are some extracts from those submissions. […]
Please all be at the rally on Aug 3