EVENTS LEADING UP TO SYDNEY'S CDB TENT CITY CRISIS:
* The camp for dozens of homeless people emerged at the top of Sydney's famous Martin Place in December 2016.
* Organiser Lance Priestly wanted to provide a safe place for homeless women, saying the tent city would spark discussion about affordable housing.
* The state government's offer in January of emergency accommodation was rejected by most tent dwellers amid concerns it was only temporary.
* Sydney City Council workers and police in June cleared the makeshift camp, arguing it was in an unsafe place under hoardings around the site of the former Westpac building which was being redeveloped.
* The council offered alternative accommodation and said the camp's cooking facilities were a safety risk and the set-up was obstructing a public thoroughfare.
* But many homeless people just moved to the other side of Martin Place, outside the Reserve Bank.
* While the NSW government said at the time it had found temporary accommodation for 115 people from the camp and permanent homes for another 24, many stayed put.
* Tensions over the camp rapidly escalated on August 1, when Family and Community Services Minister Prue Goward accused Sydney mayor Clover Moore of not doing enough to move people on.
* Moore argued there had been "decades of gutless inaction" by the government on homelessness and the council had no power to move people on.
* Premier Gladys Berejiklian and NSW Police insisted it was up to the council to find a solution.
* Moore urged the government to reopen the former public housing block Sirius in The Rocks for the homeless.
* Last Friday, Moore, Goward and Police Commissioner Mick Fuller met to try and resolve the standoff by the end of the weekend.
* Moore made five demands, including the reopening of Sirius, in return for council action.
* The war of words escalated again on August 6, with Berejiklian vowing the government would act if the council didn't.
* But Moore insisted the camp would remain until long-term housing solutions were in place.
* At a meeting on Monday night, Moore struck a deal with Priestly for the camp to be packed up on Tuesday, with 70 people to go to a communal safe space until housing is found.
* The council and government pledged $100,000 each for the space.
* However the deal fell through on Tuesday, amid confusion about whether people could sleep at the space.
* As council trucks moved into the camp on Tuesday, Priestly said the tents would remain until the safe space was ready.
* Berejiklian says the government will develop a 'plan', details of which are yet to be revealed, to remove the camp.
