| Minister for Housing | |
|---|---|
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| Department of Planning and Environment | |
| Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
| Formation | 23 July 1919 |
| First holder | David Hall |
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.[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:
| Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Housing | David Hall | Nationalist | Holman (2) | 23 July 1919 | 9 February 1920 | 201 days | ||
| Charles Oakes | 9 February 1920 | 12 April 1920 | 63 days | |||||
| James Dooley | Labor | Storey | 12 April 1920 | 10 October 1921 | 1 year, 181 days | |||
| Minister for Housing | Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (1) | 20 December 1921 a.m. | 20 December 1921 p.m. | 7 hours | ||
| Minister for Housing | Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (2) | 13 April 1922 | 19 June 1922 | 67 days | ||
| Richard Ball | 28 June 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 2 years, 354 days | |||||
| Minister for Local Government and Housing | James McGirr | Labor | McKell (1) | 16 May 1941 | 8 June 1944 | 5 years, 266 days | ||
| Minister for Housing | McKell (2) | 8 June 1944 | 6 February 1947 | |||||
| Clive Evatt | McGirr (1) (2) | 6 February 1947 | 30 June 1950 | 3 years, 144 days | ||||
| Gus Kelly | McGirr (3) | 30 June 1950 | 2 April 1952 | 1 year, 277 days | ||||
| Clive Evatt | Cahill (1) (2) | 2 April 1952 | 1 April 1954 | 1 year, 364 days | ||||
| Gus Kelly | Cahill (2) | 1 April 1954 | 2 September 1954 | 154 days | ||||
| John McGrath | 2 September 1954 | 15 March 1956 | 1 year, 195 days | |||||
| Abe Landa | Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw |
15 March 1956 | 13 May 1965 | 9 years, 59 days | ||||
| Stanley Stephens | Country | Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) | 13 May 1965 | 17 January 1973 | 7 years, 249 days | |||
| Tim Bruxner | Askin (5) | 17 January 1973 | 3 December 1973 | 320 days | ||||
| Laurie McGinty | Liberal | Askin (6) Lewis (1) (2) |
3 December 1973 | 23 January 1976 | 2 years, 51 days | |||
| Ian Griffith | Willis | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days | ||||
| Jack Ferguson | Labor | Wran (1) | 14 May 1976 | 10 February 1977 | 272 days | |||
| Ron Mulock | 10 February 1977 | 19 October 1978 | 1 year, 251 days | |||||
| Syd Einfeld | Wran (2) | 19 October 1978 | 29 February 1980 | 1 year, 133 days | ||||
| Terry Sheahan | Wran (3) (4) | 29 February 1980 | 1 February 1983 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||
| Frank Walker | Wran (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth |
1 February 1983 | 21 March 1988 | 5 years, 49 days | ||||
| Joe Schipp | Liberal | Greiner (1) (2) | 21 March 1988 | 3 July 1992 | 4 years, 104 days | |||
| Robert Webster | Country | Fahey (1) (2) (3) | 3 July 1992 | 4 April 1995 | 2 years, 275 days | |||
| Craig Knowles | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | 4 years, 4 days | |||
| Andrew Refshauge | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days | ||||
| Carl Scully | Carr (4) | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | 1 year, 294 days | ||||
| Joe Tripodi | Iemma (1) | 21 January 2005 | 10 August 2005 | 201 days | ||||
| Cherie Burton | 10 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | 1 year, 235 days | |||||
| Matt Brown | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2008 | 1 year, 159 days | ||||
| David Borger | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 21 May 2010 | 1 year, 255 days | ||||
| Frank Terenzini | Keneally | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days | ||||
| Minister for Housing | Anthony Roberts | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | [12] | |
| Minister for Water, Property and Housing | Melinda Pavey | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) |
2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days | [13] | |
| Minister for Homes | Anthony Roberts | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 | 5 April 2023 | 1 year, 105 days | [2] | |
| Minister for Housing | Rose Jackson | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | 5 April 2023 | 281 days | ||
Homelessness
The following individuals have served as Minister for Homelessness:
| Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Homelessness | Rose Jackson | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 | incumbent | 281 days | ||
Former ministerial title
Social housing
| Ministerial title | Minister [1] | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister for Social Housing | Brad Hazzard | Liberal | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | [14] | |
| Pru Goward | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | [15] | |||
Notes
- ↑ The rest of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 was the responsibility of the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
- 1 2 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. - ↑ "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.
- ↑ Housing Act 1912 (NSW)
- ↑ "AGY-2026 Housing Board". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ↑ "PFO-98 Housing [I}". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ↑ Housing Act 1941 (NSW)
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "PFO-98 Housing [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ↑ "PFO-375 Housing [III]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ↑ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
- ↑ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
