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Peter Bodkin and Duncan Murray

'Worst landlord' NSW to overhaul social housing fixes

Chris Minns says the outsourcing of social housing maintenance has led to a decade of chronic issues (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

The NSW government will try to lift its status as one of the state's worst landlords with an overhaul of how public housing repairs are handled in an attempt to clear a backlog of necessary maintenance.

Existing private contracts for overseeing the maintenance of social housing properties will not be renewed as Labor instead sets up a single "maintenance hub" to handle repair requests.

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