CHIA Board member and City West Housing CEO Leonie King brings a unique perspective to her community housing role. Leonie spent a number of years working in housing as a senior NSW Government executive. She bowed out of the bureaucracy in 2016 as an Executive Director in the Department of Family and Community Services, her…
Launch Housing is seeking to appoint an outstanding Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to provide visionary leadership to the organisation and drive performance in every aspect of service delivery. Reporting to the Board, the CEO will lead the design and implementation of the strategic plan, provide leadership and identify opportunities to enhance, and contribute to the…
Queensland’s peak body for the housing and homelessness sector, Q Shelter, has called on the Prime Minister to step up and provide Commonwealth funding for remote housing in Queensland. Q Shelter’s Executive Director, Leone Crayden, said that the PM had run out of excuses to fund a new National Partnership Agreement on Remote Housing (NPRH)…
We are currently seeking applications for the Management Accountant position to play a key role in our Finance team. As a Management Accountant you will support Unison by providing management accounting and financial support services, such as completing month end processes, project and asset accounting, cost centre reporting, budgeting/forecasting, responding to queries from the organisation,…
Unison is seeking applications for the Manager – Facilities and Services position to play a key role in our Asset Management team. On offer is the chance to lead our Facilities Management and Property Services function and contribute to continuous improvement activities across the organisation. Reporting to the Director Asset Management, and with the support…
Last financial year, the Commonwealth Government spent less than $6 billion on assisting low income renters and over $70 billion on providing housing assistance to property owners. In a country that prides itself on giving everyone a fair go, the balance needs to change, according to a pre-budget submission to the Commonwealth Government by the…
The Victorian Property Fund has financed a new housing development to be managed by Women’s Housing Ltd in Newport, Melbourne, that has been designed specifically for women and children escaping family violence. The project replaced seven existing housing units with nine one-bedroom units and 11 two-bedroom units. Women’s Housing is a community housing provider with…
Housing Choices Australia are seeking an exceptional National Manager, Specialist Housing Group to join its team located in the Melbourne CBD. The National Manager, Specialist Housing Group manages the specialist Housing Group, this role acts as the central point of contact for all NDIS matters and maintaining HCA’s business knowledge and superior brand in the…
Women’s Property Initiatives (WPI) is a Community housing developer and registered housing provider creating homes that will enable low-income women and their children to live with dignity as contributing members of local communities. WPI currently manages 84 properties with ongoing expansion expected in the near future. WPI is looking for a woman (Human Rights List…
Evolve Housing is seeking a full-time Communications and Public Relations Officer. Reporting to the Senior Manager – Marketing & Engagement this position is responsible for providing timely and professional communications and public relations support to the business by contributing to the development of the social media strategy and proactively develop and maintain relationships with media…
Launch Housing is looking for a patient, yet passionate, person to join its dedicated team supporting families living in its South Melbourne crisis accommodation and in the community. Launch is looking for someone who understands homelessness and wants to work with people in the community to address barriers to long term, sustainable housing. If you…
AHURI has released a new report , Understanding opportunities for social impact investment in the development of affordable housing. The report examines the opportunities for, barriers to, and risks to social impact investment (SII) for social and affordable housing in Australia. SIIs aim to achieve a specific beneficial social objective together with a financial return,…
The Sydney Western City Planning Panel has approved an application by BaptistCare Community Housing’s to undertake a $39 million development for seniors in Narellan, a region that is lacking in affordable housing.
The panel has approved the two stage development that will see the construction of an initial 84 senior housing dwellings and 38 affordable rentals (group homes) followed by a 129 room/134 bed residential aged care facility and 46 retirement villas.
The NSW Aboriginal Housing Office has partnered with the NSW Federation of Housing Associations (NSWFHA) to support the development of a new peak body to represent that state’s Aboriginal community housing sector.
The new body is to be called the Aboriginal Community Housing Industry Association NSW– or ACHIA NSW – to promote a close working relationship with the mainstream peak bodies; the national Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) and state NSWFHA (which plans to change its name to CHIA NSW in 2018).
Since being established in December, ACHIA’s interim committee has been developing its terms of reference, a work plan and strategic priorities to take back to the sector for consultation.
NSWFHA has also been working hard to raise the profile of the new peak with stakeholders, including all levels of government, so that Aboriginal housing is not just seen as a specialist area dealt with by specialist agencies.
The interim committee will consult with the sector on the governance structure for ACHIA, including elections and the selection criteria for Board members.
Economist Adam Smith’s ‘invisible hand’ is looking a bit arthritic when it comes to the housing market, according to Professor Duncan McLennan. At a seminar in Sydney this week, Professor McLennan proposed a strong set of economic arguments for government investment in housing to support the traditional arguments of affordable housing as a merit good…
In a submission to the Treasury’s Review of the Australian Charities and Not For Profit Commission (ACNC), the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) has rejected a proposed expansion of the ACNC’s remit. The ACNC had recommended that its Act be amended to include promoting the effective use of resources of not-for-profits and accountability to donors,…