Community Housing Partnership Steering Group
Shelter WA CEO Kath Snell announced as co-chair of new Community Housing group.
The WA Government has announced the make-up of the 15-member Community Housing Partnership Steering Group to provide advice, oversight and engagement that will help to support the growth and sustainability of the Community Housing Sector in WA.
Minister for Housing, the Hon. John Carey MLA, announced at a November 2022 Community Housing Roundtable his desire to establish the group and an expression of interest process began.
Members were appointed on credentials of being leaders from the sector with a diverse representation of program areas including disability accommodation, crisis accommodation and social housing providers in regional and metro areas.
Members
The Steering Group is co-chaired by Department of Communities Chief Finance Officer, Wayne Millen and Kath Snell.
Steering Group members are:
- Adele Stewart, Richmond Wellbeing
- Natalie Sangalli, Housing Choices WA Ltd
- Chris Smith, Foundation Housing Ltd
- Samantha Drury, St Bartholomew’s House Inc
- Kathryn Moorey, Stellar Living Ltd
- Merri Best, Goldfields Indigenous Housing Organisation
- John Lysaught, Advance Housing Ltd
- Ben Burton, Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation
- Michael Piu, St Patrick’s Community Support Centre
- Sean Kelly, Community Housing Ltd
- Luke Garswood, Connect Victoria Park Inc
- Jacqui Herring, Executive Director, Department of Communities
- Garrick Allen, Executive Director, Department of Communities
Shelter WA Head of Policy and Sector Development Paula O’Leary congratulated the appointments.
“Community Housing Organisations have a proven ability to deliver the affordable housing outcomes sought by government,” Ms O’Leary said.
“They engage in joint ventures, innovative projects and investment models to bring quality social and affordable housing to market – demonstrating the potential to broker partnerships between government and private industry. We look forward to seeing the Steering Group achieve a direct line to the WA Government as they continue to establish several key reform programs to bolster the supply of social housing across Western Australia.”
“This is a group of dedicated people.”
“We commend Minister Carey on this steering group,” Kath Snell said.
“This is a group of dedicated people who work tirelessly to make an impact via Community Housing. Working side-by-side with government, is key in making change and progress, and the co-chairing of this group is testament to that commitment by government and the sector. This is an exciting development.”
