Wagga Wagga renewal projects

Projects within the Wagga Wagga region

Transforming Tolland

Homes NSW is working with:

• the Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO)
• the Argyle Consortium (consisting of Argyle Housing, Birribee Housing and BlueCHP)
• Wagga Wagga City Council

to redevelop Tolland estate.

Learn more about the approved Tolland Masterplan and our plans to renew Tolland.

Other social housing sites

Homes NSW is renewing nine ageing properties across four mid-scale social housing sites near Duke of Kent Park in collaboration with Wagga Wagga City Council.

What's being delivered

Homes NSW has delivered 24 modern new homes at 18–22 Spring Street and 21–25 North Parade, providing housing for around 38 residents.

Two additional redevelopments at 34–40 South Parade and 48–56 South Parade will deliver a further 36 homes across both sites. In a total, this will deliver 60 new, fit-for-purpose mixed two and three-storey buildings that will house around 96 residents. Construction on the South Parade redevelopments have commenced and are expected to be completed by the end of 2027.

The new homes will play a key role in the broader renewal of social housing in Wagga Wagga, supporting tenant relocations linked to the Tolland Renewal, a major 10 to 12 year project to deliver modern social housing in Wagga Wagga.

Homes NSW is also progressing additional projects across Kooringal, Ashmont and Mount Austin. This includes the recent delivery of two manor houses and six dual occupancies, with a further eight dual occupancies currently under construction and expected to be completed by mid-2026.

Social housing snapshot for Wagga Wagga

There are almost 1,200 social housing dwellings in the Wagga Wagga local government area (LGA) with:

• around 800 concentrated in four suburbs or estates such as Tolland
• 400 dwellings scattered across the LGA, in older established areas of Wagga Wagga (as opposed to newer housing release areas).

There is a large supply of three-bedroom social housing cottages. Many are underused and difficult to maintain, especially for older residents.

There is currently a high demand for smaller dwellings up to two-bedrooms for existing tenants and households on the waitlist.

More than half of our current tenants in the LGA would benefit from seniors' living developments. This is housing built to better meet the access needs of older people or people with a disability.

Our long-term goal is to:

• renew the Tolland Estate
• replace older houses with more and better social housing across the LGA.