Key information
- Status: Open
- Grant amount: Funding is available for up to $500,000
- Application opened: 11 September 2024
- Application closes: 30 April 2025, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The objectives of the Reforming Temporary Accommodation Grant Program are to:
- Reduce the cost, use and length of stay of clients in temporary accommodation.
- Move away from commercial hotels and motels to temporary accommodation models being delivered by the homelessness and housing sectors.
- Increase access to appropriate supports, particularly for people with complex needs, who are staying in temporary accommodation.
- Encourage flexible and sustainable use of properties and support services over time when demand for temporary accommodation decreases.
- Attract co-contributions from the sector.
- Co-contributions could be in any form including case management support, land, properties, cash/equity, debt, tax concessions, philanthropic donations, reduced or avoided costs, or in-kind contributions.
- While the value and quantum of co-contributions will be one of the factors assessed, it will not be the only criteria. This is to ensure small and large organisations can participate equitably.
This program is administered by Department of Communities and Justice.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Eligibility criteria
The Reforming Temporary Accommodation Grant Program is open to all accredited Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) and registered Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and Aboriginal Community Housing Providers (ACHPs) both through National or Local Scheme.
Partnerships are welcome.
Please review the Grant Program Guidelines
Types of projects funded under this grant
Applications will need to outline:
- The value of the grant being applied for and/or the nightly rate that will be charged.
- Which property or properties they intend to use.
- How many rooms/units will be available for temporary accommodation.
- The groups of people that will be accepted and how risks will be managed if accommodating mixed groups.
- When the service will be operational.
- The intake hours.
- How long the property/service will be operational.
Providers will need to demonstrate their capacity to support clients and work actively to exit them from temporary accommodation into more appropriate and more stable accommodation as quickly as possible.
What your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
Please review supporting resources available on the DCJ Grants Service provider page.
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
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After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: Delegated decision-maker CEO, Homes NSW
Applications will be considered against the following assessment criteria:
- Value for money, noting that Homes NSW is seeking to have a statewide impact.
- How the model will reduce demand for temporary accommodation through the level and quality of the supports offered, service integration/co-ordination, and the pathways out of temporary accommodation.
- How the model will reduce the nightly cost of temporary accommodation noting that the cost charged should be significantly less than market rates charged by commercial operators in the area.
- The type and value of co-contributions and how the model responds to particular cohorts, or regional factors.
- The amenity of the property or properties.
- How long properties are available for if lease or access is ‘meanwhile’ or term-limited.
- The level and quality of the support services that will be provided.
- The viability of the model based on current demand for temporary accommodation, as well as sustainability of the model over time when demand decreases.
Please refer to the Grant Program Guidelines and supporting documentation on DCJ Grants
Support and contact
Grant is administered by Homes NSW
Homelessness Program Management
Strategy, Policy and Regulation