Minister for Housing (New South Wales)

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Minister for Housing
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Incumbent
Rose Jackson
since 5 April 2023
Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Formation23 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.

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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:

List of ministers

Housing

The following individuals have served as Minister for Housing or any precedent titles:

Ministerial titleMinister  [1] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Housing David Hall   Nationalist Holman (2) 23 July 19199 February 1920201 days
Charles Oakes 9 February 192012 April 192063 days
James Dooley   Labor Storey 12 April 192010 October 19211 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 192219 June 192267 days
Richard Ball 28 June 192217 June 19252 years, 354 days
Minister for Local Government and Housing James McGirr   Labor McKell (1) 16 May 19418 June 19445 years, 266 days
Minister for Housing McKell (2) 8 June 19446 February 1947
Clive Evatt McGirr (1) (2) 6 February 194730 June 19503 years, 144 days
Gus Kelly McGirr (3) 30 June 19502 April 19521 year, 277 days
Clive Evatt Cahill (1) (2) 2 April 19521 April 19541 year, 364 days
Gus Kelly Cahill (2) 1 April 19542 September 1954154 days
John McGrath 2 September 195415 March 19561 year, 195 days
Abe Landa Cahill (3) (4)
Heffron (1) (2)
Renshaw 		15 March 195613 May 19659 years, 59 days
Stanley Stephens   Country Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) 13 May 196517 January 19737 years, 249 days
Tim Bruxner Askin (5) 17 January 19733 December 1973320 days
Laurie McGinty   Liberal Askin (6)
Lewis (1) (2) 		3 December 197323 January 19762 years, 51 days
Ian Griffith Willis 23 January 197614 May 1976112 days
Jack Ferguson   Labor Wran (1) 14 May 197610 February 1977272 days
Ron Mulock 10 February 197719 October 19781 year, 251 days
Syd Einfeld Wran (2) 19 October 197829 February 19801 year, 133 days
Terry Sheahan Wran (3) (4) 29 February 19801 February 19832 years, 338 days
Frank Walker Wran (5) (6) (7) (8)
Unsworth 		1 February 198321 March 19885 years, 49 days
Joe Schipp   Liberal Greiner (1) (2) 21 March 19883 July 19924 years, 104 days
Robert Webster   Country Fahey (1) (2) (3) 3 July 19924 April 19952 years, 275 days
Craig Knowles   Labor Carr (1) (2) 4 April 19958 April 19994 years, 4 days
Andrew Refshauge Carr (3) 8 April 19992 April 20033 years, 359 days
Carl Scully Carr (4) 2 April 200321 January 20051 year, 294 days
Joe Tripodi Iemma (1) 21 January 200510 August 2005201 days
Cherie Burton 10 August 20052 April 20071 year, 235 days
Matt Brown Iemma (2) 2 April 20078 September 20081 year, 159 days
David Borger Rees 8 September 200821 May 20101 year, 255 days
Frank Terenzini Keneally 21 May 201028 March 2011311 days
Minister for Housing Anthony Roberts   Liberal Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20192 years, 52 days [12]
Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey   National Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1) 		2 April 201921 December 20212 years, 263 days [13]
Minister for Homes Anthony Roberts   Liberal Perrottet (2) 21 December 202128 March 20231 year, 97 days [2]
Minister for the Environment Penny Sharpe   Labor Minns 28 March 20235 April 20238 days
Minister for Housing Rose Jackson 5 April 2023incumbent2 years, 92 days

Homelessness

The following individuals have served as Minister for Homelessness:

Ministerial titleMinister  [1] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Homelessness Rose Jackson   Labor Minns 5 April 2023incumbent2 years, 92 days

Former ministerial title

Social housing

Ministerial titleMinister  [1] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 201530 January 20171 year, 303 days [14]
Pru Goward Berejiklian (1) 30 January 201723 March 20192 years, 52 days [15]

Notes

  1. ↑ The rest of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 was the responsibility of the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 21 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "PFO-364 Social Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ Housing Act 1912 (NSW)
  6. ↑ "AGY-2026 Housing Board". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  7. ↑ "PFO-98 Housing [I}". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  8. ↑ Housing Act 1941 (NSW)
  9. ↑ "PFO-94 Local Government and Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  10. ↑ "PFO-98 Housing [II]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  11. ↑ "PFO-375 Housing [III]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  12. ↑ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News . Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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