The South Australian Government has announced the formation of a new urban development authority which will be tasked with overseeing all urban renewal projects from their outset.

 

The new body will consolidate a number of agencies responsible for land and housing development, including the Land Management Corporation,  and will redeveop functions of Defence SA and strategic staff fromnHousing SA. It will work with Housing and Urban Development Minister Patrick Conlon to drive this renewal.

 

“This body will identify both land and public housing stock within our suburbs that will benefit from urban renewal,” Premier Jay Weatherill said.

 

“Its oversight will create the certainty that is needed to release capital that will drive investment and it will ensure that every place of urban renewal meets the highest standards of planning and design.”

 

A taskforce chaired by Defence SA Chief Executive Mr Andrew Fletcher and including senior publicservants and a project team led by the former HomeStart Chief Executive Mr Gary Storkey will work until the end of the year on machinery of Government changes to provide the best model for the new authority.