We help design and create thriving communities, towns and cities for the people of the state. We work to ensure jobs, infrastructure and housing are delivered sustainably with environmental protection at front of mind.

Lumina Apartments, Penrith by DKO Architecture. Credit: The Guthrie Project

Housing

Creating capacity for the delivery of more high quality and diverse housing.

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Planning policy

Collaborating to deliver quality economic, social and environmental outcomes that create resilient communities and great places.

NSW Housing Pattern Book

Your guide to building high-quality, sustainable, and affordable homes. The NSW Housing Pattern Book offers a diverse collection of modest and flexible housing designs to suit many sites.

Manor Homes 01 by Studio Johnston, 4 dwellings with garden outlook and sloping skillion roof. Credit: Studio Johnston

Housing Delivery Authority

The NSW Government is committed to providing the homes that young people, families and workers need through reforms that are designed to streamline planning approvals for major housing developments.

Mid-rise housing at Barker Street, Randwick NSW. Credit: James Grabowski/DPHI

Latest news

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24 Jul 2025

A further 30 projects have been declared as State Significant Development following recommendations from the Housing Delivery Authority (HDA).

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18 Jul 2025

In a major step towards greener construction, the Minns Labor Government has greenlit a new $81.4 million bioenergy facility in Horsley Park that will power one of the country's largest brick manufacturing plants.

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16 Jul 2025

The Minns Labor Government is today launching the NSW Housing Pattern Book of low-rise designs, alongside a a world-first new Complying Development pathway, that will speed up the delivery of new homes significantly.