FURTHER INFORMATION AND CONTACTS
Information on the NRAS, partnership opportunities, and jurisdiction-specific information is also available from a number of other sources, listed below.
Community Housing Federation of Australia (CHFA)
As the peak body representing community housing providers in Australia, CHFA has an ongoing role in promoting the opportunities available under the NRAS and engaging with key stakeholder groups that could potentially participate in the Scheme. CHFA is also working with not-for-profit housing providers and State and Territory peak bodies to further clarify the necessary services that organisations require so they can progress towards developing proposals for the NRAS.
CONTACT CHFA
The Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA)
The NRAS team at FaHCSIA is available to provide advice and assistance to organisations interested in applying for the NRAS.
Website: www.fahcsia.gov.au
Email: click here
Phone: 1800 334 505
Please note: During a Call for Applications, answers to questions will be posted on the website only. This is to ensure that all potential applicants have access to the same information throughout the Round.
STATE AND TERRITORY COMMUNITY HOUSING SECTOR CONTACTS
The following state and territory contacts can provide information on NRAS opportunities, as well as information about community housing organisations in each jurisdiction that may be interested in becoming involved in the NRAS, either as individual organisations or as potential partners in a joint venture or consortia.
QUEENSLAND
Please contact CHFA directly (see above).
NEW SOUTH WALES
NSW Federation of Housing Associations
Contact Adam Farrar
Email: click here
Phone: (02) 9281 7144
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Please contact CHFA directly.
VICTORIA
Community Housing Federation of Victoria
Contact Jacqui Watt
Email: click here
Phone: (03) 9654 6077
TASMANIA
Please contact CHFA directly.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Community Housing Council of South Australia
Contact Ciaran Synnott
Email: Click here
Phone: (08) 8362 1022
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Community Housing Coalition of Western Australia
Contact Colin McClughan
Email: Click here
Phone: (08) 9221 7933
NATIONAL RENTAL AFFORDABILITY SCHEME STATE AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENT CONTACTS
Contacts for each State and Territory Government are available for information regarding the exact incentives available in each jurisdiction, as well as any jurisdiction-specific requirements.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Elizabeth Judd - Senior Manager, Strategic Priorities Division, Chief Minister's Department Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services - ACT
Phone: (02) 6205 4622
NEW SOUTH WALES
Centre for Affordable Housing NSW
Email: Click here
Phone: (02) 8753 8185
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Jared Collins - Senior Policy Officer, Housing Policy and Program Development Department of Local Government and Housing Territory Housing - NT
Phone: (08) 9888 8350
QUEENSLAND
Kevin Bottle - Manager Planning and Market Analysis, Private Housing Support Department of Housing Department of Housing - QLD
Phone: (07) 3227 7949
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Justin Shadiac - Project Facilitator, Department for Families and Communities Department of Families and Communities - SA
Phone: (08) 8124 4075
TASMANIA
Peter White - Manager Housing Innovation Unit, Department of Health and Human Services - TAS
Phone: (03) 6233 8952
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Karyn Ash - Assistant Manager, Affordable Housing Development Unit, Department of Housing Department of Housing - WA
Phone: (08) 9440 2543
VICTORIA
Specific state based queries should in the first instance be directed to the following:
Office of Housing - VIC
Email: Click here