The Victorian Government’s moves to work in partnership with the community housing industry through a new Victorian Social Housing Growth Fund and Low Cost Loans initiative has been welcomed by the industry’s state peak body. The Community Housing Industry Association Victoria’s (CHIA Vic) CEO Lesley Dredge says, with the waiting list for social housing in…
Even red tape can come with a silver lining, as proven by a delayed development site that has been used to create a homeless pop up shelter in the interim. When red tape held up its development plans, CaSPA Care rented a former nursing home in South Melbourne to the YWCA for a nominal fee.…
Uniting in Victoria and Tasmania have a vacancy for their skills-based Board of Directors As well as a demonstrated commitment to the community services mission of the Uniting Church in Australia, we are particularly looking for expertise in the areas of: Community services delivery such as disability, mental health or family services Marketing, media and…
Settlement Services International is seeking Multicultural Permanency Support Program Out of Home Care (OOHC) Caseworker, to be based in Newcastle. Your efforts will see better outcomes for children and young people in OOHC. Responsibilities: Undertake child and family case work including assessments, planning, placement support, monitoring and reviews Develop, implement and review children and young…
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A high-level gathering of planners, designers and architects from around the world has been given insight into the possible development of Melbourne from the perspective of a community organisation and its tenants.
Melbourne-based Housing Choices residents and property team members created a video on their views on Melbourne’s future for the 2018 Living Cities Forum. The forum tackles a number of big questions around architecture and issues facing Melbourne and global cities.
Housing Choices’ video provided a unique opportunity for community housing organisations and tenants to reach the people who ultimately plan, design and build the cities and suburbs we live in.
Bridge Housing’s new A Bridge to Work employment initiative with partners CoAct is already putting residents into jobs.
Cholok is a Bridge Housing tenant who joined the Bridge to Work program in July 2018. She had recently migrated to Australia from Sudan and was looking to find part time employment.
After consultation and review of her work history, we decided to approach an employer with whom she had previously worked on a contract basis. She successfully negotiated another three-month contract with LUSH Cosmetics, working in the production warehouse with an option to extend to six months.
She is very happy to have found employment with them again and we hope to help her secure a permanent role as we support her in her contract.
Cholok is very personable and diligent in her work and is looking to possibly become a supervisor during her new placement as she brings with her experience and expertise from her role last year. Cholok has great potential, and with ongoing coaching and mentoring through her contract, we are hopeful that LUSH will provide her with a permanent position.
-courtesy of Bridge Housing
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released its findings into the most visible tip of the housing crisis iceberg – rough sleepers.
The report makes for grim reading, reinforcing the message from Finland that addressing homelessness requires a supply of affordable housing.
Financial difficulties (53 per cent) and housing stress (23 per cent) were the main drivers for rough sleeping for one-time users of specialist homeless services. While 36 per cent of this group needed long term housing, only 6 per cent were provided with it.
The situation of repeat users – ‘cyclers’ – was much worse. Unsurprisingly, housing affordability stress (59 per cent) and financial difficulties (88 per cent) drove them to repeatedly present to specialist homeless services.
Researchers identified five typical pathways into adult homelessness: housing crisis; family breakdown; substance abuse; mental health; and, transitioning from being homeless in youth (‘youth to adult’).
It also found two in three rough sleepers were male (65 per cent), aged over 35, and 19 per cent were Aboriginal.
As reported in The Fifth Estate NRAS, the National Rental Affordability Scheme, was meant to assist the housing affordability crisis. Trouble was it had a beginning and an end, with the end coming way too soon for too many. The first tranche of properties subsidised under the National Rental Affordability Scheme will lose the subsidy…
Moreland City Council, in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs, is seeking an inaugural Chair for its new entity Moreland Affordable Housing Ltd (MAH). MAH’s core purpose is ‘to provide relief to persons who are homeless or whose life circumstances render them vulnerable to loss of affordable and secure housing, by providing either directly or through partnership…
Launch Housing, one of Victoria’s largest providers of housing and homeless support services, has announced that current Managing Director of Victoria Legal Aid, Bevan Warner, will commence as its new Chief Executive Officer on 29 August 2018. Launch Housing Chair Neil Chatfield says, ‘We are delighted to announce Bevan’s appointment. His wealth of experience working…
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is holding an inquiry into the the short stay accommodation industry in Tasmania. Shelter Tas is currently consulting with members and will be making a submission. If your or your organisation would like to make a submission, see the instructions on the Parliament of Tasmania website. Submissions should be received by no…
Team Leader, Housing Services – Common Ground Mission Australia Housing is an innovative, collaborative and values driven Tier One housing organisation with a fantastic growth strategy and an exciting future. As part of the Mission Australia group, they currently manage over 2,000 properties, providing social and affordable rental housing to low and moderate-income households and…
Mission Australia Housing is an innovative, collaborative and values driven Tier One housing organisation with a fantastic growth strategy and an exciting future. As part of the Mission Australia group, they currently manage over 2,000 properties, providing social and affordable rental housing to low and moderate-income households and a safe place to call home for…
During a visit to Tennant Creek, in the Northern Territory, the PM Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged the pressing need for more housing. ‘The lack of housing is the biggest single issue that has been described in every encounter,’ Mr Turnbull stated during the end of the second day of his NT visit. Whilst the Federal Government announced…
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) is recruiting a Director Originations who will be responsible for originating transactions that support community housing. The focus of the role will be on deals at the more complex end of the scale, potentially involving funding of infrastructure as well as for housing. Applicants need to have:…