Urban Taskforce Australia CEO, Tom Forrest, this afternoon welcomed the announcement of the deliberations of the first tranche of Housing Delivery Authority Expressions of interest.
The HDA, which is made up of the Secretary of the Premier’s Department, Simon Draper, the Secretary of Planning, Kiersten Fishburn, and the CEO of Infrastructure NSW, Tom Gellibrand, met for the first time on February 7th 2025.
The HDA considered 28 Expression of Interest against the published criteria.
Of the 28 applications considered, the HDA recommended the Minister Planning and Public Spaces that:
- 12 EOI applications be declared under the HDA SSD pathway and if successful, would see 6,855 new homes approved.
- 5 EOI applications are already SSD under an existing SSD assessment pathway, the HDA will monitor the progress of these applications.
- 8 EOI applications were not recommended to be called in as SSD.
- 3 EOI applications were deferred for further information and consideration.
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