Sydney's Inner West Council will convert some of its council car parks into affordable housing for essential workers. (ABC News: Jo-Yi Hsu ) Car

Sydney council plans to turn car parks into affordable homes for essential workers

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Sydney's Inner West Council will convert some of its council car parks into affordable housing for essential workers. (ABC News: Jo-Yi Hsu )

Car parks in Sydney's inner ring are being eyed off in a bid to find any land that could be repurposed to build much-needed affordable homes.

Sydney's Inner West Council is set to convert four of its car parks into 200 affordable homes for essential workers, more than doubling the existing affordable stock.

Under the plan, three car parks from either Dulwich Hill, Leichhardt, Marrickville, Petersham or Rozelle would be turned into 200 affordable housing properties, along with the council's Hay Street car park in Leichhardt.

The Inner West Council's Hay Street car park has been earmarked for affordable housing since 2015. (ABC News: Catherine Hanrahan )

Inner West Council Mayor Darcy Bryne said the council was finding that essential service workers like teachers, police and ambulance workers could not afford to live in the inner west.

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