Community Housing Industry Association Victoria

The percentage of vacant rentals in regional Victoria is down to just 1.8%. This means many families, workers and older people are struggling to find somewhere to live. 🏠 A Parliamentary inquiry into housing in regional Victoria has laid out clear, evidence-based solutions to fix the problem. These include: 🏠 Boosting social housing with a sustained funding pipeline 🏠 New social housing targets 🏠 A 10-year strategy to meet local needs 👉 Read our response - https://lnkd.in/gQ3izArw

We were thrilled to host a screening of Love in the Walls earlier this week, as part of the CHIA Vic AGM! Dozens of colleagues and friends descended on Treasury Theatre to see this moving doco from Servants Community Housing and director Samuel Kostevc. And the good news is that the film will air on SBS On Demand in coming months - so even more people can discover how important a safe, affordable home is for people who have had a difficult path through life. Thanks to Josh Burns MP, the Albanese Government’s Special Envoy for Social Housing & Homelessness, who opened the film for us. And to Amanda Donohoe, Jayden Battey and other Servants colleagues for making the film and sharing it with us. It was a great night!

Victoria is on the brink of the biggest planning overhaul in 40 years — but the proposed changes will not guarantee a single new social home. That’s why CHIA Vic and the Municipal Association of Victoria are urging Parliament to strengthen the Planning Amendment Bill 2025 so it actually delivers the affordable and social housing our growing communities need. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. We cannot afford to miss it. 👉 Read our Joint Statement: https://lnkd.in/gjj8aZUp

We need to fix Victoria’s housing crisis. Of the 45 ideas released by Infrastructure Victoria this week as part of its plan for the future, building more social homes was the #1 recommendation. This comes after the Victorian Housing Peaks Alliance, including VCOSS, called on the Victorian Government to build 80,000 new social homes over the next decade to meet demand earlier this year. The state’s infrastructure advisory body recommended a slightly lower target of 60,000 social homes over 15 years, but said that doing so would help lower healthcare costs, increase productivity and cut demand for support services. It also referenced data from SGS Economics and Planning, who performed the modelling for the Victorian Housing Peaks Alliance report, showing that every $1 spent to tackle youth homelessness can return an estimated $2.80 in benefits to the Victorian community. Victoria saw more than 55,000 new applications for social housing in March this year, but has the lowest proportion of social housing in any Australian state or territory. You can find out more about our ‘Growing Social Housing’ report with the Victorian Housing Peaks Alliance and our reflections on Victoria’s Housing Statement two years on here: https://lnkd.in/grAA2wsr Follow Infrastructure Victoria to learn more about its new 30-year strategy for the future of Victoria.

Our 2025 Annual Report is out now! 🎉🎉 Key achievements in 2024-25 include: 🏠 Launching a 10-year Roadmap to guide the growth of the community housing sector. 🏠 Boosting public awareness of community housing through a major digital campaign that reached 1.2 million Victorians. 🏠 Training almost 700 sector staff via 75 specialist courses tailored for the Victorian community housing sector Read the full report 👉 https://lnkd.in/gyJ5Mwgz

There’s always something new to learn with CHIA Vic’s training program. Register today: https://lnkd.in/g5XG6UJb

🎬 On tomorrow! Ticket sales end tonight! 🎥 Join us at Treasury Theatre for an exclusive screening of Love in the Walls, a moving feature documentary that follows the lives of a group of community housing renters. Produced by Servants Community Housing, Love in the Walls is a heartwarming story of survival and renewal that shows how important home really is. Come celebrate the end of another busy year. Everyone is welcome! 📅 Tuesday 18 November 2025 🕙 4pm – 6:30pm (drinks from 4.30pm, film from 5.30pm) 📍Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne Tickets: CHIA Vic members free, Non-members $15 Bookings 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3KnaDcu

🎉 Some exciting news! Josh Burns, the Albanese Government’s Special Envoy for Social Housing and Homelessness, will be opening our screening of Love in the Walls next week. Come along to hear from the Federal MP for Macnamara - who has been a longstanding advocate for the social housing and homelessness sectors - ahead of our exclusive screening. 🎬 Love in the Walls is a moving feature documentary that follows the lives of a group of Servants Community Housing renters as they work to rebuild their lives and connect with community. Tickets selling fast - all are welcome! Event details: 📅 Date: 18 November 2025 🕓 Time: 4:00pm – 6:30pm (full agenda at booking link) 📍 Location: Treasury Theatre, Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne 🎫 Tickets: Members free; Non-members $15 Book here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3KnaDcu

How can we transform more council-owned spaces into affordable homes? That was the hot topic at our seminar this week, which drew together councillors, council staff as well as community housing organisations from across the state. Co-hosted by Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), the seminar highlighted what councils can do to create more affordable housing in their municipalities. We heard about: 🏡 The Local Government Housing Innovation Program, a joint project from MAV and City of Greater Dandenong. 🏡 Banyule City Council’s partnership with Launch Housing to develop the Bellfield social housing project 🏡 Adaptive re-use of council land for social housing 🏡 How HousingFirst Ltd has worked with City of Port Phillip and Whitehorse City Council to deliver affordable housing on council land Thanks to MAV CEO Kelly Grigsby, Marjan Hajari from City of Greater Dandenong, Simon McPherson from McP, Daniel Fantin from Banyule City Council, and Aaron Flavell and Danielle Leigh from HousingFirst. The seminar is part of CHIA Vic’s Knowledge & Networking series, supported by Homes Victoria.

🎬 Only a couple of days left to get your tickets so get in quick! Join us on November 18 for an exclusive screening of Love in the Walls, a moving feature documentary that follows the lives of a group of community housing renters. Produced by Servants Community Housing and directed by Samuel Kostevc, Love in the Walls is a heartwarming story of survival and renewal that shows how important home really is. We’d love to see you there! 📅 Tuesday 18 November 2025 🕙 4pm – 6:30pm (drinks from 4.30pm, film from 5.30pm) 📍Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur Street, East Melbourne 🎫 Tickets: CHIA Vic members free, Non-members $15 Bookings 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3KnaDcu