Together with the Building Communities consortium, Community Housing (Vic) Ltd (CHVL) is excited to partner with the Victorian Government on its Ground Lease Model 2 project in Melbourne that will deliver 1,370 brand new modern and energy efficient homes across four sites in South Yarra, Prahran, Hampton East, and Port Melbourne. The project was recently…
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The new and improved community housing benchmarking service, House Keys 2.0, is now live and fully operational! House Keys helps CHOs provide better services for tenants by understanding in detail where your services are working well and where there’s room for improvement, compared to similar organisations. It also helps demonstrate the performance of the sector…
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The Community Housing Industry Association participated in the NSW Productivity Commission’s housing symposium ‘Density that works’ held at the NSW Parliament on 20 November. The symposium brought together over 120 representatives from the private sector, local councils, government agencies, and universities to consider the topic of housing density, the associated social, economic and environmental benefits,…
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This month CHIA partnered with ACOSS and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation in a roundtable on the topic of how to finance energy performance retrofits for lower income households including those living in social and affordable housing. We had participation from the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW), banks / finance organisations…
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The Community Housing Disability Network marked its first full year of operation with a presentation from Senator for Western Australia, Jordon Steele-John, the Greens Party spokesperson for (among other subjects) Disability Rights and Services. The Senator gave the network an insight into his own experiences living with a disability, reflected on the findings from the…
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This month, the Community Housing Industry Association was very pleased to be part of a joint delegation to the Australian Parliament with Homelessness Australia, The Salvation Army Australia, Melbourne City Mission (MCM) and two young people who have experienced homelessness. We were there to promote a new youth housing and homelessness framework the result of…
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CHIA held its 2023 AGM on Friday 24 November, via Zoom and with an in person option at CHC in Canberra. Thank you to all members who attended. CHIA’s 2022/23 Annual Report can be downloaded here. The following members were appointed to the board. At the board meeting following the AGM, the CHIA board elected…
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Located in the beautiful region of Northern NSW, Northern Rivers Housing (NRH) has been providing community housing in northern New South Wales since 1984. We manage close to 1,000 social and affordable properties from our offices in Lismore, Grafton and Tweed Heads. We believe that everyone has the right to live in safe, comfortable and…
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Advocates call for 15,000 new homes for children and young people in response tonew analysis showing social housing system failing 15-24 year-olds. Homelessness and housing groups have launched a national plan to fix housing for young people, featuring commissioned analysis by Nous that reveals 39,745 young people are alone, homeless and locked out of Australia’s…
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Newly created leadership role with an NFP employer of choice Be part of an organisation where people are at the heart of everything they do Excellent salary and benefits package, including 5 weeks annual leave ‘Follow your passion, be part of something special with this NFP housing organisation where people are paramount, and values are…
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Our Client Our client is a highly regarded not-for-profit organisation, committed to delivering affordable services to disadvantaged families, individuals and seniors across Cairns and Far North Queensland. Their objective is to provide a service that focuses on responding to individual needs and providing long-term, sustainable solutions. With an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, the organisation…
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Are you looking to flourish in a meaningful role and have experience in real estate and tenancy management? Join our non-profit, providing housing to families and individuals with safe, secure, and better housing opportunities. Jacaranda Housing’s mission is to provide subsidised housing to people in need and provide direct assistance to people impacted by poverty…
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The Community Housing Disability Network produced a separate but consistent submission for the network that focused primarily on the detailed reforms required to meet the specific housing needs of people with disability. We have recommended that there should be targeted housing action plan under the Australian Disability Strategy but linked to the Plan. This targeted…
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At the Community Housing Industry Association we believe that social and affordable rental housing should be recognised as essential infrastructure, essential that is to individual households, the community and the wider economy. The arguments we make for ongoing investment in new social and housing need to recognise and value the benefits it brings So it was a…
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Thanks go to AHURI for organising another thought provoking national housing conference in Brisbane. Based on sessions we attended here is our take on some of what we heard. The Housing Minister, the Hon Julie Collins MP used her address to showcase the ALP’s current housing program, noting it aspires to ‘transform’ housing in Australia.…
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This month CHIA was pleased to make a joint submission with National Shelter to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Issues paper. Our organisations want to see the Plan setting out an ambitious, evidence-based strategy and a framework for actions by local, state and national governments. The Plan must: Our submission sets out our priorities…
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