This research aims to fill a number of gaps in understanding the public housing urban renewal process in New South Wales. These include:

- Bringing the voices of those most affected by the urban renewal process to the centre of policy considerations;

- Providing a more detailed review of the immediate and longer-term social and economic impacts on the residents in public housing estates undergoing urban redevelopment, of which Minto is the first major example in NSW;

- Providing a more detailed understanding of the decisions and processes that affect urban renewal as it is currently being played out in estates such as Minto;

- Making a contribution to reflections on the future sustainability of the public housing sector in NSW, including the net costs or benefits to the immediate and wider community of these policies