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.
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. It was established in the Second Baird ministry and largely shared responsibility with the Minister for Family and Community Services. 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.
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. 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, under the supervision of the Treasurer. 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. 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, 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. 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.
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. 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.
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.
List of ministers Housing The following individuals have served as Minister for Housing or any precedent titles: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office NotesMinister for Housing Holman (2) 23 July 1919 9 February 1920 9 February 1920 12 April 1920 Storey 12 April 1920 10 October 1921 Minister for Housing Fuller (1) 20 December 1921 a.m. 20 December 1921 p.m. 7 hours Minister for Housing Fuller (2) 13 April 1922 19 June 1922 28 June 1922 17 June 1925 Minister for Local Government and Housing McKell (1) 16 May 1941 8 June 1944 Minister for Housing McKell (2) 8 June 1944 6 February 1947 McGirr (1) (2) 6 February 1947 30 June 1950 McGirr (3) 30 June 1950 2 April 1952 Cahill (1) (2) 2 April 1952 1 April 1954 Cahill (2) 1 April 1954 2 September 1954 2 September 1954 15 March 1956 Cahill (3) (4)Heffron (1) (2)Renshaw 15 March 1956 13 May 1965 Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) 13 May 1965 17 January 1973 Askin (5) 17 January 1973 3 December 1973 Askin (6)Lewis (1) (2) 3 December 1973 23 January 1976 Willis 23 January 1976 14 May 1976 Wran (1) 14 May 1976 10 February 1977 10 February 1977 19 October 1978 Wran (2) 19 October 1978 29 February 1980 Wran (3) (4) 29 February 1980 1 February 1983 Wran (5) (6) (7) (8)Unsworth 1 February 1983 21 March 1988 Greiner (1) (2) 21 March 1988 3 July 1992 Fahey (1) (2) (3) 3 July 1992 4 April 1995 Carr (1) (2) 4 April 1995 8 April 1999 Carr (3) 8 April 1999 2 April 2003 Carr (4) 2 April 2003 21 January 2005 Iemma (1) 21 January 2005 10 August 2005 10 August 2005 2 April 2007 Iemma (2) 2 April 2007 8 September 2008 Rees 8 September 2008 21 May 2010 Keneally 21 May 2010 28 March 2011 Minister for Housing Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 Minister for Water, Property and Housing Berejiklian (2)Perrottet (1) 2 April 2019 21 December 2021 Minister for Homes Perrottet (2) Minister for the Environment Minns Minister for Housing incumbent
Homelessness The following individuals have served as Minister for Homelessness: Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes Minister for Homelessness Minns incumbent
Former ministerial title Social housing Ministerial title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes Minister for Social Housing Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019
See also Minister for Housing (Australia) Minister for Housing (Victoria) Minister for Housing (Western Australia)
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