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Proposed "Joint Organisations" of councils should be expanded and made mandatory, the chief executive of Urban Taskforce NSW, Chris Johnson, has said. Revitalising Local Government, an independent report to the state government made public last week, recommends Sydney's 41 councils be reduced to 18, primarily through amalgamating small inner-city councils.

Terry Connor at his Department of Housing accommodation in Miller, South Western Sydney. Photo: Wolter Peeters Sydney's property boom has been disastrous for low income earners with a new study showing less than 1 per cent of private rental properties in the city are affordable for welfare recipients.