‘It would be a huge relief’: public housing residents left in limbo look to NSW election for a lifeline

Edwina Keelan was among the residents at the Franklyn Street public housing estate in Sydney’s Glebe told three years ago they would be relocated under the Coalition’s social housing plan. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

For public housing resident Edwina Keelan, the stakes of the New South Wales election are higher than for most – it may decide whether or not she gets to keep her home.

She was among the residents at the Franklyn Street public housing estate in Sydney’s Glebe told three years ago they would be relocated after the government slated it for redevelopment under its policy to fund more social housing by building private properties on public land.