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Housing Australia has funded its first temporary accommodation project, helping to address the critical need for secure and safe short-term accommodation for those at risk, or facing, homelessness in Metropolitan Sydney. 

Housing Australia notes the Australian Government's updated Investment Mandate for Housing Australia on 2 December 2024. This comprises amendments to commit $1 billion in allocated funding to the National Housing Infrastructure Facility enabling Housing Australia to provide grants and concessional loans to support the delivery of crisis and transitional accommodation for women and children experiencing domestic violence, and youth experiencing homelessness.

Further information will be provided as the program progresses towards commencement.

The Investment Mandate is available here.  

On Monday 11 November 2024, Housing Australia held a stakeholder forum to introduce its new CEO, Scott Langford, and his vision and priorities for the organisation. 

The forum was attended by stakeholders in Sydney as well as online. A recording of the session is available to watch below. 

Housing Australia approved almost $880 million in Affordable Housing Bond Aggregator (ABHA) loans last financial year to increase the supply of social and affordable housing across the nation, according to the Social Bond Report 2023-24. 

Housing Australia funding of $300 million, financial support from Queensland Government’s Housing Investment Fund (HIF) and up to $150 million from Australian Retirement Trust (ART), will support the delivery of up to 604 new homes by community housing provider Brisbane Housing Company (BHC).

Housing Australia today celebrated the completion of 51 new social and affordable homes, with doors now open for tenants to move into the dwellings in Riverwood, NSW.

Housing Australia is pleased to announce the opening of a new development, with social and specialist disability accommodation units, in Sydney's Lane Cove North.

Housing Australia is pleased to announce that Scott Langford has commenced as CEO, effective from today. 

Housing Australia will provide $206.25 million in funding to support one of Queensland’s largest social and affordable housing projects, which will deliver 490 dwellings in Cairns in the state’s north.