The CHIA Board has appointed John Nicolades as Vice-Chair, to share some of Chair Michael Lennon’s representational and advocacy workload. John is already a CHIA Board member, fulfilling the role of the Region Director for New South Wales. In addition to being the CEO of Bridge Housing, John has held senior positions in the NSW Government…
Australia needs 20,000 new affordable properties each year to house low income people, according to one recommendation by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). CEDA’s released its report Housing Australia, which warns that Australia’s housing affordability challenge could have long-term budget and political implications as more people retire without owning a home, or end…
With house prices — and more recently, rents — surging in the Eastern State population hubs, it is no surprise that housing affordability has become a key political issue. The Federal Government has begun to set its mind about how best to ease the pressure on those feeling the negative effects of rising prices, principally…
Members from around the country voted yesterday to make some changes to CHIA’s constitution in a move that will strengthen CHIA’s relationship with state peak community housing bodies. CHIA Chair Michael Lennon says members overwhelmingly supported the changes at a Special General Meeting, held in Adelaide. ‘This is an important milestone for CHIA. These constitutional changes…
Grab the opportunity to have an impact on Victoria’s housing affordability crisis in this challenging part-time role as a policy and projects role for the Community Housing Federation of Victoria (CHFV). In this part-time role – 30.4 hours a week (can be worked over four or five days) – you will play a critical role…
The community housing sector in Queensland has expanded its influence nationally with a landmark agreement between the state peak body, CHPs for QLD, and the national peak, the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA). The bilateral agreement means that membership of CHPs for QLD will include membership of CHIA, which represents the community housing industry in…
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The community housing sector has delivered a comprehensive response to the Productivity Commission’s draft report into human services, including housing, which was released in June.
The submission was a collaborative effort between CHIA, the state and territory community housing peaks, and other key industry players.
The submission advocated for a whole-of-system approach represented by a National Affordable Housing Strategy, which would carefully coordinate initiatives across all levels of government, the public, not-for-profit and for-profit sectors and which would make necessary reforms to tax, welfare and housing assistance programs in a coherent way.
“The “broken” system described in the Draft Report derives not from a lack of mechanisms to support consumer choice and a deficit in the accountability of public housing systems, though both need to be tackled. It derives from decades of underinvestment that has left the social housing system struggling to cope with overwhelming demand. A social housing system that is not broken caters not just for the choices of individuals but needs the needs of the community generally – by providing homes that are decent and well-maintained, by supporting inclusive and integrated communities and by ensuring that providers are accountable to tenants and financially sound.”
Representatives from CHIA and the NSW Federation of Housing Associations will present the report to the commission’s public hearing in Canberra on Tuesday, July 25.
Click here to read the full submission.
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Shelter SA welcomes the Targets outlined for social housing in the next financial year, in particular the revised claims process for Housing SA Bond guarantees to increase protection for private renters. The activity indicator on the number of public housing rental opportunities provided by Housing SA is reducing from 38,710 (the 2016-17 Estimated Result) to…
Sydney-based community housing provider Bridge Housing took out a gold award at the 2017 Australasian Reporting Awards for its 2016 annual report.
It was Bridge’s fourth consecutive gold award and fifth overall.
The Annual Report Awards are aimed at improving the communication of business information and the standards of financial reporting and are designed to enable organisation to benchmark the quality of their annual reports against world best practice.
Bridge was competing against entries from New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, India and Russia.
Bridge CEO John Nicolades says, ‘The recognition we receive through these awards is warmly welcomed and further motivates our Board, management team and staff to strive for best practice governance, communication with our stakeholders and financial reporting in the year ahead.
‘Bridge Housing takes pride in being an organisation that always works to high governance standards and transparency. Congratulations to the other winners for their hard work and achievement.’
You can view Bridge’s annual report here.
Entries for the 2018 ARA will open on September 1.
CHFV Board member and Swinburne University academic Terry Burke has put up a spirited argument in support of community housing as a sound platform for fair social housing in an article featured in The Conversation this morning.
CHFV mobilised its response in The Conversation to tackle recent criticisms made in the online publication, and other media, around the transfer of public housing to community housing as the government ‘wriggling out’ of its responsibilities.
Prof Burke clearly states the case for community housing providers playing a key role in public housing renewal programs.
‘The (not-for-profit) sector can grasp the opportunities offered by policy reform in a way the public sector cannot, and provide sustained affordability and security,’ Prof Burke argues.
Click here to read the full article.
Don’t miss your opportunity to hear about major issues impacting our sector, directly from those in the hot seat.
Book your seats now to hear from Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, the Hon Michael Sukkar, about the Federal Government’s housing initiatives such as the bond aggregator, and Productivity Commissioner Stephen King, who is presiding over the current investigation into ways to improve the delivery of Human Services – including affordable housing.
CHIA and the state and territory peaks are compiling the sector’s response to the Productivity Commission’s draft report Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice In Human Services. The report, which includes housing, is looking at innovative ways to improve outcomes through introducing the principles of competition and informed user choice whilst maintaining or improving quality…