Increasing housing solutions for all people is a key priority of the NSW Government. We want all people in NSW to have access to affordable and well-designed housing, no matter their income or circumstances.
That’s why we’re working across government, and with our stakeholders, to unlock access to homes and deliver the right types of housing in the right locations, so everyone has access to secure, diverse, affordable, and resilient housing.
The $2.8 billion Budget 2022 Housing Package is about laying the foundations for inclusive, sustainable housing for NSW now and into the future. It aligns with Housing 2041: NSW Housing Strategy, the NSW Government’s 20-year vision for housing to ensure the homes of the future meet the needs of the people of NSW.
Since the package was announced in June, we’ve achieved several milestones on the path to delivering more and better homes for the people of NSW.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and the progress we’ve already made.
Key policy initiatives
- Government support to unlock around hundreds of thousands of homes in the housing pipeline.
- More resources to fast-track new home assessments.
- Investment in infrastructure through the Accelerated Infrastructure Fund.
- Create a housing supply pipeline and prioritise zonings for new homes.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and milestones.
- Help more than 18,000 prospective home buyers enter the market over the next 2 years.
- Lower the up-front cost of buying a home for first home buyers.
- A shared equity initiative to help lower income single parents, older singles and first home buyer nurses, midwives, paramedics, police officers, teachers and early childhood educators.
- A pilot rent-to-buy program, supporting eligible low-income earners, will be led by the NSW Land and Housing Corporation in partnership with community housing providers. The scheme offers tenants a stable and affordable rental lease for a fixed period, allowing the household to accumulate savings. At the end of the lease tenants would have the opportunity to buy the property.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and milestones.
- Government support to unlock 127,000 new homes in the housing pipeline.
- Work to remove barriers to housing, including for key worker groups and Aboriginal families.
- Provide funding for infrastructure through the regional Accelerated Infrastructure Fund.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and milestones.
- Contribute to Closing the Gap targets.
- Build 200 new homes and refurbish 260 existing homes.
- Deliver community infrastructure through the Roads to Home program.
- Contribute to the Strong Family, Strong Communities program.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and milestones.
- Rejuvenate 15,800 social homes through a capital maintenance program.
- Deliver 120 new homes through the Together Home Transition Program.
- Extend the life of properties that would have otherwise become untenantable.
Find out more about the 2022 Housing Package programs and initiatives including what is being delivered, who will benefit and milestones.
Find out more about our policies
Unlocking hundreds of thousands of homes by investing in infrastructure and speeding up new home assessments and rezonings.
Eligible first home buyers have the choice of paying an annual property tax instead of upfront stamp duty when buying a property up to $1.5 million.
Two-year trial to help 6,000 eligible lower income single parents, older singles and first-home buyers who are nurses, midwives, paramedics, police officers, teachers and early childhood educators.
Supporting regional communities by providing around 270 new homes for key workers, and unlocking 127,000 regional homes.
Building new and refurbishing existing homes, supporting home ownership and addressing homelessness and overcrowding to help Close the Gap.
Rejuvenating 15,800 social homes over 3 years and delivering 120 new homes.