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Sydney's long-vacant Woolloomooloo site to deliver 15 social homes; community survey open until Oct 30
The Minns Labor Government is progressing plans to turn a government-owned site on Nicholson Street in Woolloomooloo, vacant since a failed 1989 redevelopment, into 15 social homes. Homes NSW has begun community engagement, with a survey open until Oct 30 and a Development Application to be lodged with the City of Sydney in December.
Why it matters
Woolloomooloo sits in the heart of Sydney, close to jobs, public transport and essential services. The government-owned land, vacant for 37 years since a failed redevelopment in 1989, is finally set to become 15 social homes — 13 one-bedroom and 2 two-bedroom — offering safe housing to people in need amid the housing crisis.
Full report
The Minns Labor Government is progressing plans to transform underutilised government land along Nicholson Street in Woolloomooloo into social housing. The site has sat empty since a redevelopment failed in 1989, when the building contract was terminated, and was identified as surplus land suitable for housing in a statewide government land audit.
Initial plans call for 13 one-bedroom and two two-bedroom social homes. Homes NSW has begun engaging with the Woolloomooloo community and will lodge a Development Application with the City of Sydney in December. A community survey is open until 30 October 2026, with feedback feeding into a Social Impact Report for the application; a community photo competition is also underway, with selected works potentially incorporated into artwork within the development.
Minister for Housing and Homelessness Rose Jackson said government-owned land must be put to better use: "We're in the middle of a housing crisis and every new social home makes a difference." Member for Sydney Alex Greenwich said the site had sat vacant for too long and now had a chance to be put back to work delivering safe, accessible homes for people in need.
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