According to the NSW Government, the Bradfield City Centre, at the heart of the Western Sydney Aerotropolis, will be one of the biggest economic development projects undertaken in Australia… a  centre for innovation, education, and skills development in the heart of Western Sydney.

Shelter NSW looked with great interest at the recently-released Bradfield City Centre Masterplan and in particular, the expectation of 10,000 new homes. The Master Plan sets out a vision and framework for the future and proposes many critical elements for a new city such as: streets and roads; city blocks; parks and open space; commercial and retail precincts and supporting infrastructure.

And yet, there is no mention of social and affordable housing, secured for the low-income people (including low-income workers) who will surely work and want to live there.
 
We’ve had a long-term interest in the Aerotropolis and have made numerous submissions about it. Our concerns were and remain: why would you build a new city and (apparently) not require social and affordable housing? 

Ahead of a formal submission Shelter NSW has raised this issue with the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and is currently waiting for a response. As we’ve noted to them, this is definitely a case of being happy to being corrected.
 
For more information and to have your say, please make a submission by March 2, 2024 via the NSW Planning Portal.