# Minister for Housing (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Minister for Housing is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for the administration and development of social housing and housing policy in New South Wales, Australia.
It was first established in 1919 in the Nationalist ministry of William Holman, with the principal responsibility being the provision of housing for the poor. The ministerial title has had several incarnations from 1919 to 1921, 1922–1925, 1941–2011, 2017–2019, and 2019–2021.
Between 2015 and 2019, there was also a related Minister for Social Housing. It was established in the Second Baird ministry and largely shared responsibility with the Minister for Family and Community Services. Any separation was nominal however as both ministries were held by Brad Hazzard and then Pru Goward. It was abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry.
Between 2019 and 2021, the portfolio was absorbed by the new portfolio of Water, Property and Housing. It was re-established in 2021 as Minister for Homes.
The minister administers the portfolio through the Planning and Environment cluster, including the Department of Planning and Environment and a range of other government agencies. Ultimately the minister is responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

## Role and responsibilities
### Housing, Homes and Homelessness

A housing board was created in 1912, under the supervision of the Treasurer. A separate ministry was created in 1919 and its initial purpose was to regulate standards for housing construction and to provide housing for the poor. It was abolished with the first Dooley ministry in 1921 and was revived in the first and second Fuller ministries. Housing was re-established as a ministry in the first McKell Ministry as a part of the portfolio of Local Government and Housing. The minister oversaw the Housing Commission established by the Housing Act 1941, to provide housing for the unemployed and other schemes to assist the purchase and/or erection of homes for lower-income and servicemen's families. It became a separate ministry in the second McKell ministry and in addition to housing schemes for the poor the portfolio was responsible for a range of leasing and title bodies including rent control, landlord and tenant issues and strata title. In 2011 with the formation of the O'Farrell ministry housing was absorbed into the portfolio of Family and Community Services.
The separate portfolio of housing was briefly re-created in the First Berejiklian ministry in 2017, however it did not have responsibility for any legislation which remained with the portfolios of family and community services and social housing. The portfolio was abolished in the second Berejiklian ministry and housing became the responsibility of the Minister for Water, Property and Housing. The portfolio was re-established in 2021 in the Second Perrottet ministry as the Minister for Homes, in the Planning, Industry and Environment cluster.

### Social Housing (2015-2019)

The portfolio shared responsibility for the following legislation:
* Aboriginal Housing Act 1998, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
* Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
* Housing Act 2001, jointly with the portfolio of Family and Community Services
* Residential Tenancies Act 2010, Part 7 Social housing tenancy agreements, jointly with the portfolio of Innovation and Better Regulation.

## List of ministers
### Housing

The following individuals have served as Minister for Housing or any precedent titles:
| Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office |
| Minister for Housing | David Hall | Nationalist | Holman (2) | 23 July 1919 | 9 February 1920 | 201 days |
| Minister for Housing | Charles Oakes | Nationalist | Holman (2) | 9 February 1920 | 12 April 1920 | 63 days |
| Minister for Housing | James Dooley | Labor | Storey | 12 April 1920 | 10 October 1921 | 1 year, 181 days |
| Minister for Housing | Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (1) | 20 December 1921 a.m. | 20 December 1921 p.m. | 7 hours |
| Minister for Housing | Sir Thomas Henley | Nationalist | Fuller (2) | 13 April 1922 | 19 June 1922 | 67 days |
| Minister for Housing | Richard Ball | Nationalist | Fuller (2) | 28 June 1922 | 17 June 1925 | 2 years, 354 days |
| Minister for Local Government and Housing | James McGirr | Labor | McKell (1) | 16 May 1941 | 8 June 1944 | 5 years, 266 days |
| Minister for Housing | James McGirr | Labor | McKell (2) | 8 June 1944 | 6 February 1947 | 5 years, 266 days |
| Minister for Housing | Clive Evatt | Labor | McGirr (1) (2) | 6 February 1947 | 30 June 1950 | 3 years, 144 days |
| Minister for Housing | Gus Kelly | Labor | McGirr (3) | 30 June 1950 | 2 April 1952 | 1 year, 277 days |
| Minister for Housing | Clive Evatt | Labor | Cahill (1) (2) | 2 April 1952 | 1 April 1954 | 1 year, 364 days |
| Minister for Housing | Gus Kelly | Labor | Cahill (2) | 1 April 1954 | 2 September 1954 | 154 days |
| Minister for Housing | John McGrath | Labor | Cahill (2) | 2 September 1954 | 15 March 1956 | 1 year, 195 days |
| Minister for Housing | Abe Landa | Labor | Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw | 15 March 1956 | 13 May 1965 | 9 years, 59 days |
| Minister for Housing | Stanley Stephens | Country | Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) | 13 May 1965 | 17 January 1973 | 7 years, 249 days |
| Minister for Housing | Tim Bruxner | Country | Askin (5) | 17 January 1973 | 3 December 1973 | 320 days |
| Minister for Housing | Laurie McGinty | Liberal | Askin (6) Lewis (1) (2) | 3 December 1973 | 23 January 1976 | 2 years, 51 days |
| Minister for Housing | Ian Griffith | Liberal | Willis | 23 January 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 112 days |
| Minister for Housing | Jack Ferguson | Labor | Wran (1) | 14 May 1976 | 10 February 1977 | 272 days |
| Minister for Housing | Ron Mulock | Labor | Wran (1) | 10 February 1977 | 19 October 1978 | 1 year, 251 days |
| Minister for Housing | Syd Einfeld | Labor | Wran (2) | 19 October 1978 | 29 February 1980 | 1 year, 133 days |
| Minister for Housing | Terry Sheahan | Labor | Wran (3) (4) | 29 February 1980 | 1 February 1983 | 2 years, 338 days |
| Minister for Housing | Frank Walker | Labor | Wran (5) (6) (7) (8) Unsworth | 1 February 1983 | 21 March 1988 | 5 years, 49 days |
| Minister for Housing | Joe Schipp | Liberal | Greiner (1) (2) | 21 March 1988 | 3 July 1992 | 4 years, 104 days |
| Minister for Housing | Robert Webster | Country | Fahey (1) (2) (3) | 3 July 1992 | 4 April 1995 | 2 years, 275 days |
| Minister for Housing | Craig Knowles | Labor | Carr (1) (2) | 4 April 1995 | 8 April 1999 | 4 years, 4 days |
| Minister for Housing | Andrew Refshauge | Labor | Carr (3) | 8 April 1999 | 2 April 2003 | 3 years, 359 days |
| Minister for Housing | Carl Scully | Labor | Carr (4) | 2 April 2003 | 21 January 2005 | 1 year, 294 days |
| Minister for Housing | Joe Tripodi | Labor | Iemma (1) | 21 January 2005 | 10 August 2005 | 201 days |
| Minister for Housing | Cherie Burton | Labor | Iemma (1) | 10 August 2005 | 2 April 2007 | 1 year, 235 days |
| Minister for Housing | Matt Brown | Labor | Iemma (2) | 2 April 2007 | 8 September 2008 | 1 year, 159 days |
| Minister for Housing | David Borger | Labor | Rees | 8 September 2008 | 21 May 2010 | 1 year, 255 days |
| Minister for Housing | Frank Terenzini | Labor | Keneally | 21 May 2010 | 28 March 2011 | 311 days |
| Minister for Housing | Anthony Roberts | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days |
| Minister for Water, Property and Housing | Melinda Pavey | National | Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1) | 2 April 2019 | 21 December 2021 | 2 years, 263 days |
| Minister for Homes | Anthony Roberts | Liberal | Perrottet (2) | 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) | 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) | 1 year, 97 days |
| Minister for the Environment | Penny Sharpe | Labor | Minns | 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28) | 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) | 8 days |
| Minister for Housing | Rose Jackson | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) | incumbent | 1 year, 187 days |

### Homelessness

The following individuals have served as Minister for Homelessness:
| Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| Minister for Homelessness | Rose Jackson | | Labor | Minns | 5 April 2023 (2023-04-05) | incumbent | 1 year, 187 days | |

## Former ministerial title
### Social housing

| Ministerial title | Minister | Party | Party | Ministry | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
| Minister for Social Housing | Brad Hazzard | | Liberal | Baird (2) | 2 April 2015 | 30 January 2017 | 1 year, 303 days | |
| Minister for Social Housing | Pru Goward | | Liberal | Berejiklian (1) | 30 January 2017 | 23 March 2019 | 2 years, 52 days | |