Minister for Social Housing (New South Wales)

The Minister for Social Housing was a short lived ministry in the government of New South Wales, established in the Second Baird ministry and largely shared responsibility with the Minister for Family and Community Services.[1] 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.[2]

Minister for Social Housing of New South Wales
The inaugural minister Brad Hazzard
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Formation2 April 2015
First holderBrad Hazzard
Final holderPru Goward
Abolished23 March 2019

Role and responsibilities

The portfolio shared responsibility for the following legislation:

  • Aboriginal Housing Act 1998, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Housing Act 2001, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
  • Residential Tenancies Act 2010, Part 7 Social housing tenancy agreements, jointly with the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation.[lower-alpha 1][1]

List of ministers

Ministerial titleMinister[2]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Social Housing Brad Hazzard   Liberal Baird (2) 2 April 2015 30 January 2017 1 year, 303 days [3]
Pru Goward Berejiklian (1) 30 January 2017 23 March 2019 2 years, 52 days [4]

Notes

  1. The rest of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 was the responsibility of the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation).

References

  1. "PFO-364 Social Housing". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 20 September 2021.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  2. "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. Hasham, Nicole (3 April 2015). "Premier Mike Baird's new NSW cabinet sworn in: Gladys Berejiklian and Gabrielle Upton first female Treasurer and Attorney-General". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. Robertson, James (28 January 2017). "Anthony Roberts, Brad Hazzard take key roles in Gladys Berejiklian reshuffle". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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