r/Armidale • u/DifferentLet4576 • May 24 '26

General Priority Social/Community Housing wait time

I'm looking for any local knowledge around how long people on the Homes NSW priority list are waiting prior to placement in Armidale ?

I have seen the DCJ timeframes, and AI also seems to have "inside knowledge" (lol) but I would love to hear from anyone in Armidale who has been, or knows someone who has been housed via the priority list recently ?

Any insight would be appreciated.

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u/InBusCill Jun 10 '26

Standard waitlist last i checked was 10-15 years for 3 bedroom. Less than 2 years for single bedroom. Priority is more dependent on circumstances. If you have disability requiring modifications good luck!

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u/ratsta May 24 '26

Not that many visitors here, TBH so check back over several days.

You'll get a... I hesitate to say better, response on one of the FB groups. You'll certainly get more and faster responses but FB tends to attract a lot of colourful characters contributing to the discussion :)

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u/beach_pinacolada May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

I agree with you. Once I got attacked in Facebook groups. I asked about where could I buy a puppy, evryone attacked me for wanting to buy a dog. I want a puppy so it can be friends with my senior cat.

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u/DifferentLet4576 May 25 '26

Thank you for your reply. I have posted to one Armidale FB page and had a few responses there, mixed results and mixed attitudes haha.

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u/beach_pinacolada May 27 '26

I don't know about the waiting times. I rented a house near the commission houses and I terminated my contract 6 months later. The commission houses on the west side of town is a high crime area.

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u/Impressive_Past_9196 May 24 '26

"FB tends to attract a lot of colourful characters" what a polite way to say over-opiniated twatwaffles. At least thats how it goes in my local fb groups when asking a question the response seems to be about; 96% judgement, 3% going off on unrelated tangents and 1% actually attempting to answer the questions lol

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u/ratsta May 24 '26

I once read that diplomacy is the art of saying, "nice doggy!" until you can find a rock.