Minister for Housing (New South Wales)

Minister for Housing
Incumbent
Rose Jackson
since 5 April 2023
Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Formation23 July 1919
First holderDavid Hall

The New South Wales Minister for Housing is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development of social housing and housing policy in New South Wales, Australia.

It was first established in 1919 in the Nationalist ministry of William Holman, with the principal responsibility being the provision of housing for the poor. The ministerial title has had several incarnations from 1919 to 1921, 1922–1925, 1941–2011, 2017–2019, and 2019–2021.

Between 2015 and 2019, there was also a related Minister for Social Housing.[1][2] It was established in the Second Baird ministry and largely shared responsibility with the Minister for Family and Community Services.[3] Any separation was nominal however as both ministries were held by Brad Hazzard and then Pru Goward. It was abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry.[1]

Between 2019 and 2021, the portfolio was absorbed by the new portfolio of Water, Property and Housing. It was re-established in 2021 as Minister for Homes.

The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, including the Department of Planning and Environment and a range of other government agencies.[1][4][3] Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

  1. ^ a b c "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gazette 2021-12-21 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "PFO-364 Social Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  4. ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes—Public Service Agencies) Order 2019 [NSW] (159)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 7-8. Retrieved 4 April 2019.