The overwhelming majority of Australia’s top economists and housing experts agree Australian governments pay too little attention to housing system impacts on productivity and growth, according to a new survey. In the UNSW City Futures Centre study, led by Honorary Professor Duncan Maclennan and commissioned by the Housing Productivity Research Consortium formed by a group
The establishment of Evolve Pacific Developments (EPD) brought together two leading and highly regarded Community Housing Providers, Evolve Housing and Pacific Link Housing, so that they could, jointly provide more affordable housing for those in greatest need in our community. Their combined efforts have resulted in the completion of three successful developments at Woy Woy,
Leading social enterprise Junction has welcomed a new Board Chair. Design thinker Rob DiMonte began in the role this week alongside Directors Trevor Cooke (Deputy Chair), Stephen Olsson, Pauline Rooney, Fairlie Delbridge and Richard Osborne. A former Managing Partner for Deloitte in South Australia (2001-2014), Mr DiMonte has more than 37 years consulting experience across
Haven; Home, Safe have announced after many years of significant service, CEO Ken Marchingo AM has drawn to a close his role as Chief Executive Officer at effective 17 January 2021. CHIA wishes to thank and acknowledge Ken’s support over the years and wishes him all the best for the future. For the full media
CHIA would like to thank its members, Board members, stakeholders, plus all state and territory colleagues for their support in 2020 and wishes everyone a safe and peaceful holiday season. The CHIA offices will close from midday on 24 December and reopen on Tuesday 5th January 2021. We look forward to working with you in 2021.
NSW Land Registry Services will be partnering with Homes for Homes in NSW to support the creation of social and affordable housing.Homes for Homes, created by The Big Issue, operates on a voluntary promise that when a home sells, 0.1% of the sale price will be donated to help increase the supply of social and
Extract from Chair’s Report CHIA Qld AGM 2020 As 2020 comes to a close and CHIA Queensland’s Board and members plan for the future, one thing is clear; demand for affordable housing in Queensland continues to grow and the community housing industry is well-placed to respond. One of the biggest challenges over the next few
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) has released its first flagship report producing five-year projections for housing supply and demand across Australia’s major cities and regional areas. The State of the Nation’s Housing 2020 report assesses the number of new households that are expected to form (new housing demand) over the next five
Sector workshops took place in the following capital cities: 7th May, 3pm to 5pm: Auditorium of the NSW Teachers Association, 23-33 Mary Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 8th May, 1.30pm to 4pm: CHIA Victoria offices, 1/128 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 9th May, 10.30am to 1pm: Room C, level 3, Christies Conference Spaces, 320 Adelaide
Two of Australia’s leading Tier 1 community housing providers, Link Housing and Wentworth Community Housing, have announced they are joining forces. The two organisations have signed a merger agreement with the intention to formally become Link Wentworth Housing Ltd (Link Wentworth), on 31 March 2021. Government endorsement was recently received and member approvals finalised at