1. ‘Australia’s Social Housing System is Broken’ Productivity Commission - March 2018

2. Most public housing development post WW2 as housing for workers
Community housing – where did we come from?
Most public housing development post WW2 as housing for workers
Community housing grew from grass roots activism eg co-ops & rooming houses
By 90s, community housing was becoming more business-like and growing
Late 90s public housing introduced more targeting
Early 2000s housing regulation caused sector consolidation
large investment in community housing

3. Community housing now owns and/or manages just on 83,000 rental units
Community housing – what do we look like now?
Community housing now owns and/or manages just on 83,000 rental units
1 in 5 social housing properties are managed by NFP
Own and/or manage $30b real estate
Generates about $700m in rental income pa
Largest CHO has over 11,000 properties
Multi-jurisdictional providers
Expansion in product offerings

4. INCREASING CAPACITY
The sector has demonstrated its capacity to house Victoria’s most disadvantaged – with some becoming developers in their own right

5. The demise of public housing
‘The key public housing challenges we identified in 2012—financial sustainability that is managed using short-term approaches, ageing stock and growing demand that cannot be fully met within existing resourcing levels—have persisted.’ VAGO

6. Social housing as a proportion of all housing stock

7. Demand outstrips supply with over 150,000 on the waiting lists
Community housing as the growth vehicle
Demand outstrips supply with over 150,000 on the waiting lists
400,000 households eligible for social housing but cannot access it
Government begrudgingly annoints community housing as the growth vehicle without clear role statements
Transfers risks and liabilities to the sector

8. New funding mechanisms
Community housing as the growth vehicle
New funding mechanisms
Low cost loans/bond aggregator
Annual subsidies rather than grants
NDIS housing
CHOs need to diversify to remain financially viable and relevant
Property development including market sales
Real estate services
Property management services for private parties
Social enterprises eg maintenance services