Delivering more affordable housing: An innovative solution

This research paper from The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation shows how the upfront costs of delivering social and affordable housing could be cut by around 80 per cent using an innovative funding model. The paper focuses on harnessing the contributions from different stakeholders – federal and state governments, institutional investors and community housing providers – bringing together the most efficient financing mix to drive more housing supply.

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FDV Toolkit

This toolkit is to help educate and provide needed information about the reform to tenancy legislation regarding Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) to community housing providers in Western Australia.  This toolkit will provide a range of materials and resources for community housing providers to draw from when faced with a situation which may involve the inclusion of family and domestic violence under the Residential Tenancies Act 1987.

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Age-Friendly Rental Housing Guide

Safe, secure and affordable housing becomes more important as people age, this guide focuses on Social Housing. The Age-Friendly Rental Housing Guide is one of the outcomes of Connect with Home, a project developed by Connect Victoria Park Inc and funded by the Department of Communities’ Age-Friendly Communities Program.

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Housing First

Housing First started over 25 years ago in New York. Listen to this episode from a mini-series on homelessness called According to Need by 99% featuring Sam Tsemberis, PhD from the Pathways Housing First Institute.

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Reimagining Home:

Shelter WA was proud, in partnership with Connect Victoria Park and Lisa Baker MLA for Maylands, to launch Reimagining Home – A Framework for Creating Home with Older Single Women on Low Incomes so they can age well in their communities of choice.

Reimagining Home | Report  Reimagining Home | Summary  Reimagining Home | Look Book

NDIS Housing Options Resources for Western Australia:

In partnership with the Summer Foundation’s NDIS Housing Options project, Shelter WA worked with the Foundation to develop two new booklets to assist people with disability and their families, and NDIS and housing providers understand housing options under the NDIS, including Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA). Further information and a copy of these two resources can be found here.

LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Practice Guide

The LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Practice Guide for Homelessness and Housing Sectors in Australia outlines guidance on inclusive practice for agencies in Australian homelessness and housing sectors working with clients who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer or questioning (LGBTIQ+). It has prepared in response to requests from these sectors, as well as clear research and practice evidence that LGBTIQ+ people are at higher risk of homelessness and have specific needs to address. Read here.