NSW minister concedes social housing situation ‘desperate’ as waitlist for most in need doubles in a decade

Exclusive: Rose Jackson announces monthly release of social housing data, with first tranche showing priority' applications soaring

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New South Wales's priority social housing waitlist has doubled in less than a decade and surged by 1,000 to 7,573 over the past year, as wait times continue to rise across the state.

New data from the Department of Communities and Justice, to be released on Friday, will reveal the extent of a crisis that the housing minister, Rose Jackson, has conceded is desperate" and confronting".

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