Community Housing Housing Ltd (CHL) is helping promote a fundraising campaign to ensure children in a remote Aboriginal community can continue to access early learning, with space issues threatening the current program. Wurreranginy, commonly known as Frog Hollow, is an independent community with a strong council of Gija Elders and community members. The community has…
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CHIA NSW has backed Sydney Council’s proposal to extend its affordable housing levy across the entire local government area. Currently, the council’s affordable housing levy only applies to new developments in Green Square, Pyrmont and the the area between Sydney airport and the CBD. It is thought extending the levy across the entire municipality could boost…
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A unique pilot program, Unpack for Good™ that helps people living in community housing purchase their own home has launched in regional Victoria. Pioneered by Community Sector Banking and Haven; Home Safe in Victoria, and Housing Plus in regional NSW, Unpack for Good aims to address demand for more affordable housing in regional areas. Under…
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Bridge Housing is honored to have been awarded the gold Australasian Reporting Award not-for-profit Annual Report for the fifth consecutive year and the sixth year overall, reflecting our deep, ongoing commitment to transparency. Bridge CEO John Nicolades attended the awards ceremony in Sydney on 20 June to accept the Gold Award for Excellence on Bridge…
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CHIA has welcomed the appointment of the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC)’s inaugural chair. The Treasurer, Scott Morrison, announced the three-year appointment of Brendan Crotty to the Chair’s role. A director of Brickworks Limited, General Property Trust and Dennis Family Holdings Pty Ltd, Mr Crotty will formally take up the role after Parliament…
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Junction Australia is looking for an Allocations Officer to provide a highly responsive and professional service to those seeking housing. Providing sound advice on housing options, associated support services and facilitating allocation of housing through appropriate assessment, you will accurately manage the administration of the Community Housing Customer Register, utilising excellent attention to detail in data…
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Additional funding to support Aboriginal housing and people who are homeless is good news but the NSW Budget does not include new investment in more social and affordable housing for NSW renters in housing stress, the state’s peak not-for-profit housing body said today. The Budget announced today includes an additional $61 million over four years…
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Women’s Property Initiative has launched a tax time campaign to raise funds for a new development in Melbourne’s south east… Imagine looking at 100 rental properties and not being able to afford a single one of them. Or searching for work when you don’t have a secure or stable place to live. What if your…
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Registered community housing provider United has lodged plans to build a $6.43 million seniors accommodation and affordable housing project in Nowra, NSW. United’s planning application is for a 30-unit, four-storey building on two blocks of land located only a block away from Nowra’s CBD. Most of the units will be set aside for seniors or…
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It’s official. Queensland’s community housing peak body has registered its name change from CHPs for Qld to the Community Housing Association Queensland (CHIA Qld) with ASIC. The name change cements the state peak’s close strategic partnership with the national peak, CHIA. CHIA Qld CEO Jo Ahern says her organisation’s board and members are fully supportive…
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Unison is looking for a qualified, experienced and dedicated person who sees themselves participating in an innovative environment and developing a best practice service with positive outcomes for staff and the organisation. Reporting to the Director – Corporate Services, the Business Systems Administrator has end-to-end responsibility for our information needs by supporting the ongoing use…
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CHIA WA has appointed Jennie Vartan to their State Manager role.
CHIA WA’s Regional Director Garry Ellender welcomed Jennie to the position. ‘I’m excited by the appointment of Jennie and am confident members will benefit from her energy, commitment and expertise.’
Jennie began her career in the property industry and successfully transitioned to various leadership roles within the NFP sector. She brings with her more than 20 years experience at an Executive Management level, with 11 years in NFP businesses in Perth, including senior roles at Amana Living and Foundation Housing.
Jennie possesses a thorough understanding of the current issues facing the Community Housing sector in WA and is committed to working with members and the WA Regional Committee to develop and expand members services.
Some of her key focus areas will be sector development and training; communication and stakeholder engagement; policy development and advocacy; revenue diversification – exploring initiatives to secure funding from the State Government to provide sector development and capacity building services for our members.
Jennie will officially commence her duties on Monday, June 11.
St Vincent de Paul will deliver 78 social and affordable housing units at Merrylands in Western Sydney as part of the NSW Government’s $1.1bn Social and Affordable Housing Fund. Social Housing Minister Pru Goward was reported as saying the SAHF model, which links housing with vital supports, showed what could be achieved when government worked…
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Mark Francis, Executive Director of Regulatory Services at Queensland’s Department of Housing and Public Works, outlines the implications for community housing providers (CHPs) of the Australian Accounting Standards Board’s new Standard 1058 Income of Not-for-Profit Entities, and revisions to existing standards, when preparing their forward budgets. The changes will impact income recognition in the CHP…
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Leading Melbourne community housing provider, Port Phillip Housing Association (PPHA), has changed its name to HousingFirst, reflecting its operational growth and expansion as it continues to provide safe and affordable housing to hundreds of vulnerable people across Melbourne. First established in 1986 as the St Kilda Housing Association, the agency was renamed PPHA in 2001…
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The sign-up period for the community housing industry’s own benchmarking platform, House Keys: Workforce Round Three, will start next month to allow the data to be available early next financial year. Housekeys Service Delivery Coordinator Leoni Lynch says, ‘Our top priority for future rounds of House Keys is to make sure that the most up…
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