NEW SOUTH WALES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

The 'NSW Department of Housing' is the public housing agency created in 1942 to build and manage public housing in the Australian state of New South Wales.
At inception it was known as the (New South Wales) 'Housing Commission', it was renamed in 1986 to the NSW Department of Housing under the Housing Act, 1986.
The commission was responsible for the provision of post-war housing in the 1940s and 1950s, often using cheap fibro materials due to shortages of other materials such as bricks. It was also responsible for slum clearance in the 1960s and the replacement of terraced housing in the Waterloo area with high rise public housing towers. In the 1970s, the now-discredited Radburn style of public housing was used, especially in the southwestern suburbs of Sydney.
''Housing Commission'' or ''hous-oh'' remains the common colloquial term in New South Wales for public housing, including housing provided by related agencies such as the Aboriginal Housing Office.

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★ History of Public Housing in New South Wales

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★ List of New South Wales government agencies