This year Haven Home Safe is busy improving how we service our most important people – our clients. We’re looking at ways we can make sure our services are consistent and provide the best possible experience for everyone we work with.

With both a Federal and State election taking place this year, there’s lots of opportunities to improve how the nation and Victoria deals with a lack of affordable and social housing for people. We’re continuing to advocate for more to be done to increase the supply of social and affordable housing, as well as applying for the Victorian Government’s funding rounds as part of the Big Housing Build. In total we’ve bid for 18 new projects that would deliver 199 properties across Bendigo, Ballarat, Mildura, Swan Hill, Robinvale, Ararat, Creswick and Warracknabeal.

This month work has started on 14 new affordable homes in Ballarat and another 25 new affordable homes in Horsham, all funded through Homes Victoria’s Big Housing Build. We are also working on two projects in Tarneit and two properties in Carrum Downs.

We’ve also announced new partnerships with the Mallee District Aboriginal Services (MDAS) and Wimmera Development Association (WDA). We’ll be working with MDAS to provide tenancy and property management across the Mallee region and jointly tender to increase the availability of housing for the MDAS community via the Victorian Government’s Big Housing Build, Homes for Aboriginal Victorians funding round. The WDA are strongly focused on housing solutions to meet the many challenges faced in that area of the state. We’re partnering with them to identify new social and affordable housing opportunities and help people in the community with the application process for social and affordable housing.

Until next time, take care.
Andrew Cairns CEO