Under the broader umbrella of the Building Trades Group of Unions, stop works were called which successfully resisted an eviction.
Negotiations are now underway for a caretaker lease agreement over the property.
This ground breaking policy will allow all vacant South Sydney Council building stock to be available for low income earners. The Broadway squats will now be the pilot study for this progressive proposal. The Broadway squats have been occupied by squatters since February and have provided homes while South Sydney Council plans to sell the block to the Walker Corporation for the construction of 600 luxury apartments. Many working class suburbs are increasingly under threat of this kind of exclusive development while public housing dwindles and homelessness increases. While labour and social movements fight for adequate government funding for housing, this caretaker policy provides immediate and real options for housing now.