Housing is a Human Right - Panel with Rose Jackson, Charishma Kaliyanda, John Engeler & Linda Przhedetsky

Housing is a Human Right - panel discussion with Minister Rose Jackson, Charishma Kaliyanda, John Engeler and Linda Przhedetsky 

Tuesday 2nd July 6pm

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Join us for a very special panel discussion on housing with Minister Rose Jackson, Shelter NSW's John Engeler and Linda Przhedetsky. The discussion will be emceeed by Charishma Kaliyanda, President of the Left and Parliamentary Secretary for Customer Service and Digital Government, Emergency Services, & Youth Justice.

Rose will be talking to us fresh off the back of the State Budget securing the largest ever investment in public housing by building 8 400 new public homes - half of these homes will be dedicated to women and families experiencing domestic violence. As well as that it will:

• Fix 33,500 public homes in desperate need of repair - the biggest investment in public housing maintenance ever.
• Deliver over 21,000 affordable and market homes across our state.
• Be a record investment in homelessness services and properly fund crisis accommodation all while building the homes we need to tackle long-term homelessness.
• Build affordable rentals for key workers - so they can live in the communities that rely on them.
• Undertake the biggest planning reforms in a generation - building homes around existing infrastructure and fast tracking the delivery of social and affordable housing.
• And much more!

There's still more to do, and as we head into this year's State Conference we'll hear about the fights the NSW Left is leading to make renting fair - from no fault evictions to pets in rentals.

More about the speakers:

Rose Jackson is Minister for Housing, Minister for Homelessness, Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Youth, Minister for Water and Minister for the North Coast.

Charishma Kaliyanda is the Member for Liverpool, Parliamentary Secretary for Customer Service and Digital Government, Emergency Services and Youth Justice, as well as President of the NSW Left. 

John Engeler is chief executive of Shelter NSW and chair of National Shelter, an independent, non-profit organisation who advocate for a secure home for all, and are especially concerned with housing insecurity. Shelter NSW pursue their vision of an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable housing system through critical engagement with policy and collaborative leadership initiatives with government, community and the private sector.

Linda Przhedetsky is a renter and policy expert, researcher and advocate specialising in the impacts of AI, in particular automated-decision making systems which are used to compromise access to essential services like housing. Linda is a researcher on technology and housing for UTS and on the board of the Tenants' Union NSW, who provide education and support for renters and advocate for more stable, livable and affordable homes.