Housing NSW

Housing NSW
Agency overview
Formed
  • 11 June 2008[1]
    (as Housing NSW)
  • 20 February 1942[2]
    (as the Housing Commission of New South Wales)
  • April 1912[3]
    (as NSW Housing Board)
Preceding agencies
  • New South Wales Department of Housing (1986–2008)
  • Housing Commission of New South Wales (1942–1985)
  • New South Wales Housing Board (1912–1942)
TypeGovernment agency
JurisdictionNew South Wales
HeadquartersSydney
Minister responsible
Parent departmentDepartment of Communities and Justice
Key document

Housing NSW, formerly the Housing Commission of New South Wales and before that the New South Wales Housing Board, was an agency of the Department of Communities and Justice that was responsible for the provision and management of public housing services with the aim to prevent homelessness in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The agency was established pursuant to the Housing Act 2001 (NSW).

  1. ^ "Public Sector Employment and Management (Housing NSW) Order 2008" (PDF). Government of New South Wales. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Department of Housing". State Records Authority of New South Wales. Governememt of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 January 2008.
  3. ^ "NSW Housing Board Building (former)". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning & Environment. H01564. Retrieved 14 October 2018. Text is licensed by State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) under CC-BY 4.0 licence.