I am an existing Homes NSW public housing tenant in Hamilton South, Newcastle.
I have found a 1999 NSW Department of Housing evaluation of Local Allocation Strategies. It identifies a Newcastle strategy, 99/LAS/HR04, which included a Hamilton South NIP Area covering 764 units.
The Department's evaluation identified concerns with the Newcastle strategy including discrimination, misuse of underoccupancy, no evaluation process and equal access not being viable. It was not recommended for re-registration.
I am now trying to establish what happened to the strategy after 1999 and what allocation policy replaced it.
My question is not whether I can sue someone for something that happened in 1999. I am asking whether, as an existing public-housing tenant today, I could have any legal or administrative rights if a historical allocation policy had continuing effects on the current tenant community or the way housing is allocated.
Would this potentially fall under administrative law, discrimination law, housing law, or another area of law?
What facts would a lawyer need to establish before determining whether there is an actionable issue?
I have a GIPA request with Homes NSW underway for the subsequent records
I have found a 1999 NSW Department of Housing evaluation of Local Allocation Strategies. It identifies a Newcastle strategy, 99/LAS/HR04, which included a Hamilton South NIP Area covering 764 units.
The Department's evaluation identified concerns with the Newcastle strategy including discrimination, misuse of underoccupancy, no evaluation process and equal access not being viable. It was not recommended for re-registration.
I am now trying to establish what happened to the strategy after 1999 and what allocation policy replaced it.
My question is not whether I can sue someone for something that happened in 1999. I am asking whether, as an existing public-housing tenant today, I could have any legal or administrative rights if a historical allocation policy had continuing effects on the current tenant community or the way housing is allocated.
Would this potentially fall under administrative law, discrimination law, housing law, or another area of law?
What facts would a lawyer need to establish before determining whether there is an actionable issue?
I have a GIPA request with Homes NSW underway for the subsequent records
