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On 24 March, Redfern Legal Centre wrote to the NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, calling for urgent support for NSW tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.

In June, RLC hosted a community forum on the impact of public housing redevelopment and displacement, launching a new resource to support public housing tenants seeking urgent repairs.

A free community panel discussion on public housing redevelopment, relocation and displacement.

The Millers Point community was built up over generations and withstood many attempts at dispersal over the years, before being ripped apart by public housing redevelopment. Could this be happening again in Waterloo?

With the help of funding from the City of Sydney, Redfern Legal Centre has established an outreach service in the Waterloo community to provide legal advice to tenants about the proposed redevelopment of the Waterloo Public Housing Estate.

Public housing tenants are standing firm as public housing redevelopment in Waterloo and Redfern threaten their homes. Authors Pratichi Chatterjee, Alistair Sisson, Jenna Condie and Laura Wynne report for The Conversation.

Jan* was a public housing resident from Millers Point, whose family had lived in the area for generations.

Nicole Kennedy and Kimberley McKenzie from RLC’s Tenancy & Housing practice explore the prevailing issues of the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Bill in an article in the lastest edition of Around the House, from Shelter NSW.

Two groundbreaking new Australian films screened recently in Sydney exploring the impact of public housing redevelopment on the future of our city.

On 26 September, Mr Alex Greenwich MP outlined his views on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Review) Bill 2018 in the NSW Parliament. Mr Greenwich’s Second Reading speech highlighted key issues also raised in RLC’s recent position paper.