About us

Haven; Home, Safe is Australia’s only integrated affordable rental housing and homelessness services provider. We are a for-purpose organisation.

We are a homelessness services agency that provides a range of housing solutions and wrap-around supports to help people find and keep a place they can call home.

As a for-purpose organisation, we are committed to bridging the housing divide and creating more inclusive, caring communities.

Our goal is to prevent homelessness in Victoria.

With over 40 years experience, we proudly work with a wide range of Government, public and private partners, collaboratively to help achieve our goal.

We operate across large parts of metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, from the south eastern suburbs to Mildura, from Warrnambool to Wodonga and from the North eastern suburbs down through to Geelong. We have offices in Preston, Geelong, Bendigo and Mildura.

Our Purpose

In a world where homelessness and housing crisis exist, we connect people with housing options and integrated supports so that they can find and keep a place to call home.

Our values

Respect
Listen
Collaborate

We put people first, especially our clients.

Innovation
Challenge
Learning

We do things differently to get the best results.

Accountability
Responsibility
Integrity

We do what we say and always make a difference.

Our strategic goals and priorities

A range of sustainable housing outcomes for people who are homeless or in housing crisis.

Advocacy and support for our diverse clientele with a particular focus on developing
life skills and individual capacity

Relationships with government, community and commercial partners and other key
stakeholders to achieve
our Purpose.

Resources, infrastructure and financial capacity of the organisation to achieve our Purpose.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

Diversity and inclusion is central to how we operate and who we are, both inside and out. We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that welcomes, respects and values the diverse people we employ and communities we serve. We are on a journey and strive to incorporate these values into everything we do.

To make genuine change, we are implementing community-led solutions for the following people and communities:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
LGBTIQ+ Communities
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities
Older people
People living with a disability
Women (Gender equity)

Our History

Follow our journey of success and support.

2009 - 2013

Nation Building in wake of GFC

The organisation works with the State Government of Victoria to build nearly 1000 homes under the Nation Building and Jobs Scheme in response to the Global Financial Crisis.

2009

Support for bushfire victims

Black Saturday, and LMHS acts swiftly to support bushfire victims.

2012

Winning the Premier’s Award

LMHS wins Premier’s Award for services to the bushfire recovery.

2014

Merger with North-East Housing

Merger with NE Housing to gain access to a metro presence

2017 - 2018

Reviewing the Victorian Shared Housing Register

CEO lead the discussion with HA CEOs to assist the DHHS to review their approach to the Victorian Shared Housing Register, which lead to the creation of the DHHS- CHP Compact (CEO is inaugural chair).