NSW Land and Housing Corporation's Peter Brackenreg, Executive Director, Delivery (South), shares his experience and intel on delivering more social housing in NSW.  Listen as Peter: - busts myths around LAHCs self-approval powers for our build and delivery model (we're very thorough) - suggests how to solve the housing crisis gripping our state (it's complicated) - shares the great work LAHC is doing in regional centres through innovative partnering with local councils and out of the box thinking (in Albury, Wagga Wagga, Goulburn, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour)  - shares what the best pa ..read more

Jeremy Bath, CEO, City of Newcastle, shares insights into the historic Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the NSW Land and Housing Corporation and City of Newcastle council, and why all levels of government need to work together to deliver more urgently needed housing. Listen as Jeremy explains: Newcastle’s "perfect storm" – the city is now significantly challenged in terms of housing affordability, with median house and apartment prices, and the median rental price, all increasing over the last 12 months, while the supply of rental accommodation has reduced how LAHC and CN are innovat ..read more

Listen to our pilot episode with Suzie Hatherly interviewing Mark Byrne, Head of Portfolio Management (Assets) LAHC, who shares a high level overview on the challenges and innovation in the management of maintenance across our enormous portfolio of housing - the largest in Australia.  Listen as Mark shares: Detail on the incredible variety and types of housing maintained and the day to day needs of our 300,000 tenants The machinery behind the management of our annual maintenance budget of $400m as we service 640,000 requests per year (equates to only $3,000 per asset, per year)  Hea ..read more

Suzie Hatherly interviews Emma Nicholson, Director Funding and Sustainability LAHC, who shares practical knowledge and policy insights on the NSW housing sector with a deep dive that explains how LAHC attracted close to ~$1 billion in additional funding to deliver more keys in doors for people in need. Listen as Emma shares: Why housing is vital to individual and community well-being - “…it’s solvable with money and it’s solvable with effort.” Why and how LAHC is innovating its funding model to partner more, and more often – “…my job, my team's job is to find money, save money and optimi ..read more