Faith Housing Alliance is not a housing provider or a direct support service. If you are seeking emergency accommodation, visit Link2Home.
October 2023
Australia has a persistent and serious national housing crisis. A national plan must be appropriately bold to achieve the radical structural reforms needed to coordinate and align all levels of government, departments, agencies and regulators contributing to housing policy and outcomes.
FHA’s submission lays out a comprehensive strategic framework with actionable recommendations to strengthen governance, housing supply, support for homelessness services, and the role of planning in confronting the crisis.
FHA members are critical success partners with an established track record of caring for the whole person and building thriving communities and they stand ready to partner with governments. The Faith Housing sector possesses unique assets, from well-positioned land to chaplains and countless volunteers motivated to offer support that extends well beyond providing a roof.
June 2024 – NSW Legislative Assembly Select Committee
Brief recommendations to the inquiry from Faith Housing Alliance based on consultation sessions in 2023 with members on removing no grounds evictions and support for renters living in community housing.
March 2024 – NSW Treasury
Faith Housing Alliance’s submission urges the NSW Government to invest in an immediate and sustained increase in the supply of social and affordable rental housing and wrap-around supports to break the cycle of homelessness. Additional recommendations include delivering an integrated planning pathway and measures to unlock well-located faith-owned land for housing.
February 2024 – Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
Faith Housing Alliance’s submission calls for the policy to be extended to include land zoned ‘special purpose’ and ‘place of public worship to allow faith communities to develop housing, including social and affordable housing.
The submission also makes recommendations to support infrastructure and housing diversity.
January 2024 - Treasury
Faith Housing Alliance’s pre-budget submission to Treasury reinforces the recommendations of our members to deliver a credible and well-resourced National Housing and Homelessness Plan. Measures call for continued investment to rapidly increase the supply of social and affordable rental housing and to provide cost-of-living relief to help people on low incomes and income support meet high housing costs.
November 2023 - Treasury
Feedback from Faith Housing Alliance members on the Housing Australia Investment Mandate amendments, including the Exposure Draft and Exposure Statement, to support Not-for-Profit Community Housing Provider growth and ensure the long-term value of investments to deliver community benefit.
August 2023 - NSW Treasury
Recommendations for housing policy support proposals to rapidly scale up housing supply, ensure extended tenant support and deliver an integrated planning pathway.
August 2023 – NSW Government Real Estate and Housing Policy Team
Input from Faith Housing Alliance members to proposed changes to support NSW’s most vulnerable renters, including removing no-grounds evictions, a new model for keeping pets, a portable rental bond scheme and protecting renters’ personal information.
February 2023 - NSW Election
Citizens across NSW need transformative and courageous policy but also an immediate sufficient investment to rapidly increase the supply of social and affordable rental housing. This campaign was created to ensure that a call for housing justice – which is a human right – was before the candidates ahead of the NSW election.
Legislative Assembly
Response to the Inquiry into Options to Improve Access to Existing & Alternate Accommodation to Address the Social Housing Shortage August 2022
Standing Committee on Social Issues
Access to safe and secure housing is a human right. Older people in New South Wales are
increasingly finding themselves without a home, or at risk of becoming homeless.
St Vincent de Paul Society Submission 2022
Identity of factors that make it more challenging for older people to access and navigate age-appropriate
services.
Salvation Army Submission 2022
Understanding the prevalence and drivers of homelessness for older people.
Wesley Mission Submission 2022
Identity of factors that make it more challenging for older people to access and navigate age-appropriate
services.
Faith Housing Alliance Submission 2021
Faith Housing Alliance is not a housing provider or a direct support service.
If you are seeking emergency accommodation, visit Link2Home.