{"id":26920,"date":"2024-05-30T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=26920"},"modified":"2024-05-30T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T14:29:07","slug":"labors-targets-show-biggest-growth-coming-to-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/labors-targets-show-biggest-growth-coming-to-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor’s targets show biggest growth coming to the West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Western Sydney will be required to face faster population growth than other parts of Sydney under the Minns Labor Government\u2019s new housing targets, according to analysis undertaken by the NSW Opposition.
 
Visiting the Hills Shire, which will see a proposed 35% increase on existing dwellings in just five years, Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said that despite the Premier Chris Minns\u2019 talk about re-balancing growth, the truth is that the Hills, Wollondilly, Camden, Liverpool and Ryde will be seeing the largest percentage increases in their populations under the Labor\u2019s targets.
 
\u201cUnder the Labor Government\u2019s housing targets, the Hills Shire is called upon to increase its number of dwellings by 35% from 66,450 to 89,750 dwellings in just five years,\u201d Mr Speakman said.
 
\u201cThis is while the Hills has the most stretched schools in the State, with almost half over its cap by over 100 students each, including 11 primary schools and two high schools.\u201d
 
Shadow Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Scott Farlow highlighted that the Hills Shire was not alone, with Wollondilly required to add 28% more homes in just five years, Camden 25% more homes, and Liverpool and Ryde 21% each.
 
\u201cThis compares with a Sydney-wide average of 14% growth on existing dwellings. The growth is largest in the West with \u2018Central\u2019 council areas comprising Blacktown, Cumberland, Georges River, the Hills Shire, Parramatta and Liverpool collectively growing by 17%, while Sydney councils further west will grow collectively by 14% and eastern councils by 11%,\u201d Mr Farlow said.
 
\u201cIt\u2019s no wonder that the Inner West Labor Mayor embraced its target when they are only required to produce 9% growth in homes in their council area over the next five years.\u201d
 
\u201cDespite Chris Minns beating his chest about bringing housing closer to the CBD, the reality is that the communities which will see the biggest impact in growth are in Western Sydney.\u201d
 
The Hills Shire Council Mayor Peter Gangemi said the Minns Labor Government had more than doubled the Hills\u2019 housing completion target for the next five years. 
 
\u201cWe now have the highest housing targets in NSW; we could deliver more homes than any other council in NSW yet not receive a cent from the Minns Labor Government\u2019s $200 million infrastructure fund,\u201d Cr Gangemi said.
 
\u201cWe are a Council that is assisting greatly with the housing crisis and are not opposed to doing more. However, the target imposed on us is unachievable logistically and financially for the construction industry.\u201d
 
Mr Speakman concluded, \u201cwe\u2019re in this position because Chris Minns signed up Canberra\u2019s housing targets that he could never meet, without any advice from his own Planning Department. All the while he\u2019s still refused to call on Anthony Albanese to reduce immigration to ease the affordability and supply pressures on our housing market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Western Sydney will be required to face faster population growth than other parts of Sydney under the Minns Labor Government\u2019s new housing targets, according to analysis undertaken by the NSW Opposition. Visiting the Hills Shire, which will see a proposed 35% increase on existing dwellings in just five years, Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said … Continue reading “Labor’s targets show biggest growth coming to the West”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26921,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26920\/revisions\/26921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}