Community housing is essential to Australia’s housing future.
Australian Community Housing (ACH) is the national peak body for registered not-for-profit community housing providers across Australia. We represent a diverse and growing sector delivering social and affordable housing at scale, while also supporting stronger communities, greater inclusion and better long-term outcomes for the people who live in them.
Our members work across every state and territory and range from large-scale growth providers to locally embedded organisations with deep community connections. Together, they provide safe, secure and affordable homes for people who face barriers in the private housing market, including low-income households, older Australians, young people at risk, key workers, people with disability, people experiencing homelessness, women and children escaping domestic and family violence, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
At ACH, we bring the sector together to shape policy, strengthen capability, support delivery and elevate the role of community housing in national reform. We work with members, governments, partners and industry to help create a housing system that is more coordinated, more responsive and better equipped to deliver the homes Australia needs.
This is about more than representing the sector. It is about helping drive what happens next.
Who We Are
As the national peak body for registered not-for-profit community housing providers, we represent a sector delivering significant impact across Australia. We represent 131 CHP members who collectively own and manage around 149,000 social and affordable tenancies and represent an aggregated asset base of $23.5 billion. Across the country, community housing providers are delivering homes that are safe, stable and life-changing, while building stronger, more connected communities.
ACH brings together the collective strength of the sector under one national voice. We advocate for the policy settings, investment frameworks and delivery conditions needed to grow social and affordable housing at scale, and to ensure community housing is recognised as essential social and economic infrastructure.
Formed in 2025 through the merger of CHIA National and PowerHousing Australia, Australian Community Housing unites decades of sector expertise under a single, strong voice. We are committed to supporting providers of all sizes to deliver safe, secure and affordable housing to those in need.
