John Engeler CEO Shelter NSW Chair NationalShelter

@PhilipThalis Absolutely!! Best city in the world….let’s get an urban typology that matches … not inefficient and environmentally poor single detached cottages or 25 plus storey strata $ thirsty towers, but something…anything affordable in-between…please! @shelternsw

There are not many major cities of 5+ million people & you can see & experience; - bush land & city - an expansive harbour, much of it pre-1788 state - swimming in a beautiful beach in late afternoon - not one, but 2 departing ocean liners All yours for free in #publicsydney

@michaelkoziol No thanks….

Australians would be required to divulge their social media to US authorities to enter the country on the visa waiver program under new Trump administration guidelines smh.com.au/world/north-am…

@bobbyfijan 3 of then: Missing typologies (not towers or sprawl, but low to mid rise terrace, row, townhouses) missing demographies (couples with 2 kids ie 3 br that are affordable) and finally, spatially: middle ring suburbs, under-utilised infrastructure, declining or aging population.

Families

@bobbyfijan @lymanstoneky @FamStudies Yes @bobbyfijan ! I reckon Australia’s too! > 15% of our new apartments are 3 bedrooms, & even less than that for existing stock -we need to incentivise more 3’s -no barrier for developers to effectively use the same development area approved in another 1br unit @NationalShelter

And here’s a survey i did with @lymanstoneky and @FamStudies which showed the number #1 attribute that a family wants: an extra bedroom … Even if they live in a small apartment in the City

@ChrisMinnsMP A significant loss

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of John Laws, a towering figure in Australian radio whose voice resonated across the nation for more than seven decades.

@isobelroe Congratulations!!!

In ~personal news~ I got married

@ClareONeilMP Thank you. Housing security remains the Gold Standard…. Any day that more people get housing security sooner is not just a a good day, but a great one! Keep going @ClareONeilMP @NationalShelter

To Australia's first home buyers, we see that you are struggling and we are on your side.

@ClareONeilMP Well said @ClareONeilMP.

Real progress: for the first time in a decade, new homes are being built faster. Better supply chains. More workers. More homes getting finished sooner. Look, the housing challenge we're facing are really serious and have been brewing for 40-years. But here's the truth - the only way to make homes more affordable is to build more of them. And we're doing exactly that.

@hughriminton Yep. “Go north young man”… seems to work!

Premiership winning captain Adam Reynolds quashes any talk of a Grand Final victory retirement. “Can’t wait to run it back next year,” says the two-time winner.

@SenWarren Sending thoughts across the seas on how difficult this situation has become… housing security remains the gold standard for all - worth continuing to fight for: locally, nationally and globally @SenWarren

Americans can’t afford to buy their own home in Donald Trump’s housing market. New data show that the average price of buying a home reached the highest price recorded in August — of any year — ever.

@ClareONeilMP @ChrisMinnsMP @NSWLabor Absolutely! Good to see, timely!

Well done to @ChrisMinnsMP and the @NSWLabor team on these critical housing reforms. There’s no silver bullet on housing — all three levels of government need to take big steps to change our national housing system. But if we want to build more homes, more quickly, the closest thing we have to a silver bullet is radical state planning reform. It’s politically difficult and when state governments step up and take it on, they deserve our praise. These planning changes are in the best tradition of nation-building Labor governments. Most importantly, they’ll result in many more young people across NSW getting into a home of their own.

@ClareONeilMP Good to see more people have access to more secure housing sooner than they planned! @NationalShelter

First home buyers, your options are about to expand in a big way. From 1st October, we’re increasing property price caps for our 5% Deposit Scheme and removing income caps. That means even more homes will be in reach for even more first home buyers 🏡

@IMelbCL @NationalShelter

Former Supreme Court Judge Kevin Bell, who grew up in public housing in the 1950s and '60s, has thrown his support behind enshrining the right to housing in the Victorian Charter of Human Rights. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Speaking to the media earlier today at Parliament House ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie said she was encouraged by the goodwill in the room and culture of collegiality and determination to advance our shared national interest.

@ACOSS @cassandragoldie @pagdavidson Glad you’re there @cassandragoldie! @NationalShelter !!!

This week ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie AO is attending the government’s Economic Reform Roundtable. The first day of the roundtable was a promising start with attendees engaging in some very constructive conversations. Pictured: @cassandragoldie; @pagdavidson

@bobbyfijan We agree!! All too often in inner parts of our cities, like Sydney, Australia, finding that elusive affordable ‘3rd bedroom’ is like finding the Golden Ticket in the story, “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory”!!

My mission is to build housing for Families so people can have kids and stay in the City. I believe the primary reason that people are delaying having a baby is because the "cost" is that you have to move … out of your neighborhood or out of your City I am building and designing for families in a *specific* life stage: From the time a couple makes the decision to go off birth control -> until their oldest is school age I'm focused on this time because before that moment, apartment developers can build great product at scale. And after that time, the decision for a family to stay in a neighborhood or not is determined by the family's choices on education. But in that specific time period, a great home for a family that already knows and loves the neighborhood can be a life changing product.

@stephaniedowric How lovely! I will go to my slumber reflecting on your sage words ( as I often do with a goodly sized shelf in my library of your books). Thank you!

@speltbeans @MichaelPascoe01 Me too!

@MichaelPascoe01 I saw it on the ABC news as it was live news?

ABC NSW 7 pm news half over now - still no mention of the Greens senator jumping ship to Labor

A new Housing Analytics Lab has launched at UNSW Sydney to tackle Australia’s housing crisis using real-time data and AI. Backed by the NSW Government, the lab will support evidence-based solutions on housing supply, affordability, and planning. 🔗: abc.net.au/news/2025-05-1…