MONDAY: 9am to 4pm
TUESDAY: 9am to 4pm
WEDNESDAY: 9am to 4pm
THURSDAY: 9am to 4pm
FRIDAY: 9am to 2:30pm
We welcome walk-in clients from Aboriginal, Community and Social Housing, however it is preferred that you make an appointment to guarantee we can provide you with the adequate help for your situation.
SWRTA is a non for profit community organisation, run by social housing tenants, which has been in existence for over 30 years. Our roles include providing information, support and advocacy for social housing tenants, that is Public housing, Community housing and Aboriginal Housing, within the South West Sydney region. Other activities our organisation participates in consist of community development and project work.
SWRTA can assist with:
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Aboriginal, Community and Social Housing Issues
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Maintenance
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Family and Community Services Housing Pathways Forms
SWRTA can also provide assistance in:
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Supporting existing and new community groups
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General Information
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Helping you to understand your rights
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Workshops
During 1984, the Minister for Housing, Mr. Frank Walker, made a commitment to put the principle of tenant participation into practice. A year later he launched the Department of Housing’s Tenant Participation Policy which would give public housing tenants in N.S.W. a greater say in the planning and management of their homes and communities. This move coincided with a strengthening of the tenant participation principle in the renegotiated Commonwealth State Housing Agreement of 1984.
The Minister based the N.S.W. policy on the belief that tenants should be included in the decision making process which affect their everyday lives and that funding was needed to ensure the development of strong democratic tenants associations. The Department of Housing recognised the need to tap into the knowledge and experience of its tenants. In August 1984, the Minister appointed a Committee compromising tenants, community housing organisations, the Housing Commission and his Housing Policy Unit to organise a conference on tenant participation. SWRTA has been operating since 1984. When it begun it was originally based around safety and security empowerment for residents to collectively have a voice.
Now as we continue to move forward SWRTA faces the reality of change with the social housing sector changes including social housing integration and the public/private partnership, redevelopment of estates and ever-changing policies.
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