Following the NSW Government’s announcement of the Waterloo Metro Station, the Waterloo Redevelopment Precinct was identified as a State Significant Development to redevelop the area to accommodate the increased population the Metro Station is expected to service. A significant portion of the redevelopment precinct is covered by the Waterloo Public Housing Estate (the Estate), a large collection of public housing complexes situated within the inner Sydney city suburb of Waterloo, and plans have been announced to redevelopment the entire Estate into a mix of private and public housing, at a ratio of 70/30 respectively.  The new Precinct will be redeveloped according to the Waterloo Redevelopment Precinct Master Plan (the Master Plan) developed by NSW Government, through Urban Growth.

Negotiations are currently underway between representatives of the estate, collectively organized as the Waterloo Public Housing Action Group (WPHAG) and NSW Land Housing Corporation (LAHC) to ensure the Masterplan considers the needs of the large existing community of tenants and to ensure a net positive outcome for both parties is achieved.

To ensure the needs of such a large number of tenants is captured, the WPHAG has established the Future Planning Centre (FPC) within the estate, and through the space, seek to capture the needs and desires of the tenants to be incorporated into the Masterplan.

Vigilanti have been assisting WPHAG in researching and documenting various aspects of the Estate in preparation for their formal submissions to LAHC. This includes consultating the needs and wants from the community of social housing residents, gathering community feedback on how the Estate should be redeveloped to be inclusive of the existing residents in the future and how to minimise impact on the community during the redevelopment process.