The Great Redevelopment Ruse: How Sydney's Housing Crisis Is Rewriting the City's Fabric Sydney's housing crisis has been a contentious issue for years, with successive governments repeatedly promising to address its affordability woes.
However, in recent years, a more insidious trend has emerged – a sprawling network of redevelopment proposals that threatens to reshape the city's fabric.
At the heart of this push is the NSW government's Housing Delivery Authority (HDA), established in late 2024 with a promise to accelerate housing supply by streamlining development approvals.