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…
Swinburne University is recruiting part-time students for its Graduate Certificate of Social Science (Housing Management and Policy). The course is open to those currently working in housing and homelessness who have either a degree or five years relevant work experience from anywhere in Australia.
See the Swinburne website for details.
Melbourne’s The Age newspaper has today published an opinion piece by CHFV Executive Officer Lesley Dredge that calls for a creative approach to the Victorian Government’s public housing renewal program.
The article reinforces the urgent need to revitalise ageing public housing estates and demonstrates the ability of not-for-profit community housing providers to deliver vibrant, mixed-use precincts that provide tenants with the dignity that comes from having secure, affordable and appropriate housing to call home.
Community housing partnerships: State and Territory Peaks CHIA works closely and collaboratively with state and territory peak community housing bodies across Australia, creating a unified voice to represent and advocate for the sector. For further information on each organisation, please click on their logo. Partnerships Examples of recent collaborative partnerships include: Other Memberships CHIA is…
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CHIA will feed back to the Federal Government the results of its consultation with community housing providers on the new National Housing and Homelessness Agreement. The agreement aims to increase the supply of new homes and improve outcomes for Australians across the housing spectrum, particularly those most in need. It is set to replace the…
A Principal Adviser to the Federal Treasury’s Social Policy Division, Marty Robinson, will discuss the details of the budget’s housing package with the CHIA board at their next meeting. With question marks hanging over the detail and proposed implementation of the swag of measures announced in the budget, Mr Robinson’s insider knowledge will provide…
What is your organisation’s reaction to the idea of compulsorily deducting rent payments from your tenants’ welfare payments?
The idea was first announced by the Federal Government in the 2016 Budget but legislation enabling public housing and community housing providers to automatically deduct rent from income support and Family Tax Benefit payments is expected to be introduced this year. The exact circumstances that would trigger compulsory withholding of rent payments have not yet been revealed, but tenants with a poor record of paying their rent will obviously be in scope.
How much impact this measure would have is unknown. After all, many tenants already use Centrepay to make their rent payments.
CHIA is aware that this could be a divisive issue for our members, with some welcoming the security of certain cashflow and prevention of homelessness, others believing it denies tenants the opportunity to be responsible for their own finances.
We expect that this legislation will be considered by a Parliamentary committee and to help us prepare a submission on behalf of community housing providers, CHIA is seeking your input on this issue. Please click on the link to take part in our first online survey.
The Productivity Commission published its draft report Introducing Competition and Informed Choice into Human Service on June 2 and invited comment.
The brief for the report, which includes housing, is to look at innovative ways to improve outcomes through introducing the principles of competition and informed user choice whilst maintaining or improving quality of service.
With a July 14 submission deadline, the community housing sector has had to mobilise quickly to create a coordinated response to this important report.
Led by CHFV, representatives of all the relevant state-based peaks, CHIA, and PowerHousing have participated in teleconferences on the subject with NSWFHA compiling responses from each of the representatives, which will be used to brief the consultant who has been hired to write the sector’s joint-submission.
The submission will be made available to CHIA members
Shelter Tas welcomes the State Government’s commitment of $62m over the next 2 years in its Budget 2017-18. While this creates a solid base for implementing Affordable Housing Strategy, without additional investment in social housing, Tasmania will continue to fall well behind meeting demand for affordable housing. We are disappointed that the $60m Stamp Duty…
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CHFV’s board and members have continued to demonstrate their strong support of the Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) by agreeing to adopt the trading name CHIA Vic in the new financial year. The ‘trading as’ name change is part of CHFV’s compact with CHIA, which will it act as the Victorian state branch of the…
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