We need your submissions to say yes to The Joinery in Annandale. This is being developed by the state government and features 577 dwellings total, with 220 for essential workers. Here’s the reasons we think you should support it:

We have a huge shortage of housing in the Inner West, which causes skyrocketing rents and prices.
Royal Prince Alfred struggles to find staff because of a shortage of local housing. Local schools are losing teachers as their student population nosedives.
Mixed-use, with a combination of retail space and housing that can complement each other and activate the area.
New public space and through-links enhance amenity for nearby residents.

If that’s enough for you go and make the submission right now! It closes 8 September.

This one is close to our hearts because after a successful Campaign the NSW Government decided to transform the 1.1 hectare site (the WestConnex Dive Site in Annandale) into 577 homes (instead of just over 100) located 4km away from the CBD, 220 of which will be used to house essential workers a few blocks away from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

Our city is hemorrhaging essential workers and if they haven’t left in some cases they’re commuting 2-3 hours to work, or sleeping in their car, and we’ve all been made worse off for it. This is why the essential worker homes on this site are so important.

The fight to secure these homes isn’t over just yet, which is why we need your submission. Head over to the planning proposal before the 8th of September, and make a submission in support of the proposal. If you don’t make a submission, we know the usual suspects will be writing in to say ‘no’.

*WestConnex site in the top left, with the royal prince Alfred hospital in the bottom right.*

Sydney YIMBY is a grassroots non-profit run by volunteers to get more housing built in Sydney. Our only source of funding is from memberships ($20/year) so we’d love if you could sign up.

The Joinery, Annandale Submission Guide

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