What better way to spend a lovely autumn afternoon than showing Commonwealth Treasury three excellent community housing developments in inner Sydney. First stop was Bridge Housing Limited’s Elger Street social housing development in Glebe, a partnership with what is now Homes NSW. It comprises 492 mixed tenure properties – social (158 units), affordable (99) and…
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Along with colleagues, Kate Colvin, CEO at Homelessness Australia and Shorna Moore from Melbourne City Mission, Wendy Hayhurst, CHIA’s CEO spent the last sitting week before Parliament meeting with MPs, Senators, staffers and officials to talk about solutions to young people’s homelessness. While the private rental sector has long been difficult for young people to…
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Anglicare Australia published its fifteenth Rental Affordability Snapshot on 23 April. The report’s headline findings will not surprise anyone. Of the 45,115 listings recorded on March 2024, fewer than 300 were affordable to a person on the minimum wage and close to zero were affordable for anyone on the aged pension, a disability pension or…
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Wendy Hayhurst, CHIA CEO, discusses why we are in a crisis in this op-ed, which appeared in regional press week beg 22 April 2024.
An alliance of housing, property and social service organisations is pressing the Albanesegovernment to significantly amplify its efforts to alleviate the national housing shortage. The Property Council of Australia, National Shelter, the Housing Industry Association, theCommunity Housing Industry Association, ACOSS, Master Builders Australia, andHomelessness Australia are jointly urging the government to double the Housing AustraliaFuture…
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One of Victoria’s largest community housing organisations Build affordable homes and local communities Values-led not-for-profit organisation About the organisation HousingFirst is an award-winning, regulated, not-for-profit organisation providing social housing to over 2000 people across Melbourne. As one of Victoria’s largest and growing community housing organisations, it enjoys excellent working relationships with stakeholders, including local, state…
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Everyone deserves a decent home. Are you enthusiastic about promoting equitable and precise rent assessments for tenants? Do you thrive on finding new and innovative ways of working? If so, then this opportunity is for you! HT is seeking a full-time Rent Review Officer. As the Rent Review Officer, you will be a key member of…
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An additional 2,090 homes housing more than 4,000 young people experiencing homelessness could be built by drawing on $1 billion already set aside by the Commonwealth, according to new modelling that was presented to federal politicians in Canberra last week. The money was allocated last year to the National Housing Infrastructure Facility (NHIF) during negotiations…
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The Federal Government’s new Housing Support Program must be increased to $750 million to empower local governments to help deliver the Commonwealth’s ambitious housing targets and enable vital infrastructure investment in new housing developments. The competitive program – which has been welcomed by local government – will provide funding for connecting essential services, amenities to…
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CHL recently announced the opening of a new Community Centre in West Kempsey in early March. This vital initiative aims to foster community connection and provide essential support to residents representing a significant milestone in the area’s development. The official opening of the Community Centre was a momentous occasion led by a traditional welcome to country,…
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CHIA was pleased to participate in one of a series of roundtables chaired by the Minister for Social Services, The Hon Amanda Rishworth MO and The Minister for the NDIS, the Hon Bill Shorten MP to inform the government’s response to the Disability Royal Commission report and the NDIS review. This roundtable was attended by…
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CHIA is proud to be supporting the Home Time Campaign to fix housing for young people. Watch CEO Wendy Hayhurst explain why (video link here) Analysis of Specialist Homelessness Services data, revealed that 37,872 unaccompanied children and young people approached homelessness services for assistance in 2022/23, including 9,232 children aged 15-17. Over 30% of the total…
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Last month was a big month for CHIA as we hosted the 2024 Affordable Housing Development and Investment Summit on 26 – 28 February in Melbourne. Over three days the 400 plus delegates were treated to a series of excellent speakers from the housing, homelessness, finance and property worlds. The first day was devoted to…
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CHIA is a member of the Home Time Campaign. Further information below. A coalition of over 80 organisations, including peak bodies, homelessness services, housing providers, unions and others, has written to Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness Minister Julie Collins seeking urgent action to ‘unlock Australia’s housing system for 16-24-year-olds who are homeless and unable…
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Key figures in the housing, property, and finance sectors will come together to tackle the country’spressing housing challenges at the ninth Affordable Housing Development & Investment Summit, hostedin Naarm/Melbourne from February 26-28, 2024. Organised by the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA), the event provides a platform toshare innovative solutions and strategies in social and affordable…
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