The NSW Government has developed a new Housing State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing SEPP) which aims to facilitate the delivery of more diverse and affordable housing types.

The proposed Housing SEPP will:

• consolidate five existing housing-related SEPPs (State Environmental Planning Policy (Affordable Rental Housing) 2009, State Environmental Planning Policy (Housing for Seniors and People with a Disability) 2004; State Environmental Planning Policy No 70 – Affordable Housing (Revised Schemes); State Environmental Planning Policy No 21—Caravan Parks; and State Environmental Planning Policy No 36—Manufactured Home Estates;
• include the recently made provisions for short term rental accommodation and build-to-rent housing;
• include the recently updated social housing provisions;
• introduce provisions for co-living housing, a form of housing that provides small private rooms (which may or may not include private kitchen and bathroom facilities), offset by access to managed communal spaces;
• incorporate amendments to boarding house and seniors housing provisions;
• amend some local environmental plans in relation to secondary dwellings in rural zones, and the permissibility of boarding houses in R2 zones.

You may have your say and submit feedback on the Housing SEPP consultation draft by 29 August 2021 through the Department of Planning Infrastructure and Environment website.