When will Chris Minns actually build new homes?
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Now, are you getting sick of the propaganda coming out of the Minsk government when it comes to building more houses? Building more homes. And I say propaganda because all they do is talk about how they're going to build more homes and the planning changes and this change and that. But where are these houses, Premier, that you're promising? Where are they? Every other day there's another announcement about new housing precincts.

rezoning plans, grand promises from Chris Minns and his government of solving the housing crisis here in New South Wales. We've got to do it. There'll be no young people left in Sydney. We'll get this. According to the latest figures, there have been around 43,000 housing approvals under the Minns government. 43,000. We need double that to meet the National Housing Accord targets. So we're falling short by half.

Today, we see major housing precincts being announced at Kellyville, Bella Vista, Macquarie Park and Hornsby. And you know what Paul Scully and Chris Minns actually announced, though? We knew that the housing precincts in those areas were coming because they're next to train stations. They were announcing that the rezoning is now open for public feedback. So that is just how few homes are being built and approved, and that is how little headway the New South Wales government is making into the housing crisis.

that they are resorting to holding press conferences to talk about public feedback on rezoning processes not here's a set of keys for a family to live in hey you've got a consultation process again it feels all a bit propagandary doesn't it i mean sure announcing new housing precincts they sound great on paper and they talk about public feedback and consultation that's all part of the process

But where is the substance? Where is the follow through? Where are the houses? It's like the Minsk government is throwing sort of pebbles at a tidal wave, just hoping that they can hoodwink us. And I get it. Governments need to show they're doing something. But can we cut through the spin and look at the facts? 43,000 approvals under the Chris Minsk regime. That is half of what they need.

And get this, New South Wales is expected to build just above half the number of units and townhouses that we built six years ago. So it's getting worse. Next time you hear another announcement from the Mins government, honestly, if you hear another announcement about housing from Chris Mins, take it with a grain of salt because we need to hold them accountable for real results. And real results mean keys indoors.

And I know you can't plan and build a home overnight. I get that. And I've been careful not to prematurely criticise them on it because it's noble, their pursuit of more housing in this city. But we are very, very close to the point, aren't we? When we ask the Premier and his government, what have you actually achieved on housing? Because the only barometer that they will be judged on

is the number of homes they build. Nothing else, no rezonings, no changes to the planning system, no dashboards on websites, the number of homes they build. And on that measure, Chris Minns and his government is failing dismally.