837 people have gathered in Western Sydney overnight to call on the Federal Government to “deliver” for households on cost of living ahead of the budget and election.

Sydney Alliance has been calling on both sides of politics in NSW for over 10 years to mandate a minimum percentage of housing developments be set aside for affordable rental housing, in perpetuity.

• 15%-20% on up zoned land on private land for lower-income-affordable rental housing.

• Minimum of 30% for those on government owned land.

Sydney Alliance says that the issue of homes being affordable in perpetuity is critical; the community will not accept affordable homes returned to developers to be sold at market rates after 10-15 years.

The Alliance calls on the NSW Government in its budget in September to meet and expand last week’s commitments:

• Radically expand the number of social and affordable housing dwellings to be built in NSW.

• Expand the number households who can access renewable energy and energy efficiency, especially for renters.

• Support migrant communities and small businesses in Western Sydney to access Federal and NSW energy measures by funding a mobile energy hub.

Sydney & Hunter Alliances come together to form the NSW Community Alliance. A legal structure that will support the SA & HCA to organise their cities and regions for the common good; and open the way for other cities and regions to form alliances across NSW.

You can’t win without Western Sydney. And you can’t win Western Sydney without renters, millennials, and migrant families. We are under pressure and expect action on housing, cost of living and energy bills

Sydney Alliance Win: Ending no grounds eviction in NSW

About 200 church, mosque and temple leaders, union, charity and not-for-profit representatives, researchers, and other community members from across Sydney met with the NSW Treasurer and Energy Minister at Parramatta Mission, where they asked him to commit to measures that would curb surging power bills.

On Wednesday, 19 October, the Sydney Alliance Council met face to face for the first time in 16 months. Over three hours together, we generated deeper relationships, energy for action, and, importantly, decisions about our direction towards the NSW State election.

Join hundreds of diverse community leaders at the Sydney Alliance Convention: Together with Dignity and you will leave with new purpose and moved to act by the stories you hear and share.