Working with councils to deliver affordable housing

Homes NSW supports local councils to deliver affordable housing in NSW.

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Affordable housing delivery framework

Our affordable housing delivery framework helps councils deliver affordable housing projects. The framework helps with:

contracts and contract management
performance monitoring and reporting
supporting tender processes for Community Housing Provider (CHP) selection, including working out leveraging targets
the ability to register an interest on title where councils gift land to CHPs.

supports councils to deliver community and affordable housing through

Formalised relationships with Councils through a delivery agreement that sets out roles and responsibilities and expectations.
Councils can use the existing State government CHP commissioning infrastructure so they do not need to create and staff their own.
The NSW Affordable Housing Ministerial Guidelines developed and maintained by Homes NSW provides operational guidance on how to manage government subsidised affordable housing in NSW. (e.g. income eligibility, rent setting etc). These are updated annually.
Councils are not Housing Agencies and do not have the capacity to undertake housing delivery related projects in a deployed environment.
providing operational guidance on managing subsidised housing, including income eligibility and rent setting.

For more information, or if you have a question, email CAH@homes.nsw.gov.au