Land Acquisition and Property Management Powers for the Housing Minister
Housing Amendment Bill 2025
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Assent
Introduced by: The Hon Ryan Park MP (ALP); The Hon Rose Jackson (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Donna Davis ALP
“The Housing Amendment Bill 2025 amends the Housing Act 2001 to give the Minister for Housing the same functions as the Land and Housing Corporation under the Act and other relevant legislation, including the power to acquire, hold and deal with land and property consistent with the objects of the Act.”
Jenny Leong GRN
“On behalf of The Greens, I contribute to debate on the Housing Amendment Bill 2025. From the outset, I indicate that The Greens absolutely support the bill.”
Liesl Tesch ALP
“I am proud to speak on the Housing Amendment Bill 2025, and I am very proud to be part of the Minns Labor Government, which is making significant changes to investment in public housing in New South Wales. This has been a long time coming.”
Judy Hannan IND
“As all members know, the Housing Amendment Bill 2025 amends the Housing Act 2001 to allow the Minister for Housing to acquire, hold and deal with land and property according to the objective of the Housing Act to deliver secure, appropriate and affordable housing to all people in New South Wales.”
Steve Whan ALP
“I support the Housing Amendment Bill 2025. I listened to the contribution to debate from the shadow assistant Minister and would characterise the Opposition’s contributions to bills like these in two ways: Opposition members say, "We were fantastic and we did everything," or they act as though the world began in March 2023. In this case, the world began in 2023.”
Kobi Shetty GRN
“As outlined by my colleague the member for Newtown, The Greens support the Housing Amendment Bill 2025. This bill seeks to amend the Housing Act 2001 to give the Minister for Housing, and by extension Homes NSW, the same powers as the Land and Housing Corporation [LAHC] to acquire, hold and deal with land and property consistent with the objects of the Act.”
David Mehan ALP
“I will briefly address some of the matters raised by those members during debate in my speech in reply. In summary, the bill will amend the Housing Act 2001 to give the Minister for Housing the same functions as the Land and Housing Corporation under the Act and other laws. This includes the ability to acquire, hold and deal with property consistent with the objects of the Housing Act.”
News articles and press releases
Housing Amendment Bill 2025
The Hon. ROSE JACKSON, Minister for Water — 2025-02-11
The bill will amend the Housing Act 2001 to give the Minister for Housing the same functions as the Land and Housing Corporation [LAHC] under the Act and under other laws, including to acquire, hold and deal with property consistent with the objects of the Housing Act. The bill represents the next logical steps in the delivery of the New South Wales Government’s commitment to build 8,400 new social homes and 21,000 new affordable and market homes as part of our Building Homes for NSW program.