The Community Housing Industry Association and a consortium of private and public sector partners have commenced the development of an industry specific environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standard, putting Australia at the forefront of ESG reporting for the sector globally. Apart from the UK, Australia will be the first country to develop a community
Read about CHIA’s election priorities in its recently released 2022 Election Platform: Housing Our Community
This article first appeared in CHIA’s eNews, April 2022 Since 2014, when Melbourne based community housing organisation, Launch Housing founded HomeGround Real Estate agency, there has been a steady increase in the number and geographical range of social enterprise real estate agencies. The HomeGround ‘brand’ itself has expanded with CHC operating an agency in Canberra
The Community Housing Industry Association (CHIA) is calling for all parties to make crystal clear how they will deliver safe, secure and affordable housing for Australians who are priced out of the housing market, wondering how they can afford sky rocketing rents, or paying huge energy bills because their home is so poorly insulated. “Over
The Federal Budget needs to go beyond loans and directly invest in key infrastructure- social and affordable housing Increasing the government guarantee for the National Housing Finance and InvestmentCorporation (NHFIC) by $2 billion is a welcome step from the Federal Government, but onlydirect investment in social and affordable rental housing would create homes for the
Homes for Homes is an innovative, sustainable source of funding dedicated to increasing the supply of social and affordable housing, so those on the margins will have a place to call home. Homes for Homes raises new, private funding and grants it to community housing providers to tackle the lack of social and affordable housing.
Media Release A majority of voters in the battleground seat of Bass believe the federal government has failed to confront the housing rental crisis, with new opinion polling showing people want greater investment in social and affordable housing, amid skepticism that first home owner grants can fix the problem. The Everybody’s Home campaign is today releasing the
Media Release A majority of voters in the seat of Longman believe the federal government has failed to confront the housing rental crisis, with a new opinion poll showing people want greater investment in social and affordable housing, amid skepticism that first home owner grants can fix the problem. The Everybody’s Home campaign is today releasing the
Media Release A majority of voters in the federal seat of Gilmore believe the federal government has failed to confront the housing rental crisis, with a new opinion poll showing people want greater investment in social and affordable housing, amid skepticism that first home owner grants can fix the problem. The Everybody’s Home campaign is today releasing
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