PARTNERS AND QUOTES

About the Support agencies

Community Housing Ltd would like to recognise the good working relationships it has with the Victorian, New South Wales, Tasmanian, Commonwealth, and Timor Leste Governments which have significantly improved opportunities to develop housing for people in need.

CHL has maintained strong partnerships with a range of organisations and would like to thank Ahi Saun, Alola Foundation, Anglicare, ANCHOR, ARAFEMI, ARCH, ASSERT, BEND Inc., Brosnan Youth Services, Central Access Ltd, Centro Nacional de Emprego Formacao Profissional, Ceylonese Elderly Citizens Association, Chinese Community Centre, Common Equity Housing Ltd, Darebin City Council, EACH, Family Access Network, FICSS, Foundation for Spanish Speaking Older People, Gippsland & East Gippsland Aboriginal Cooperative, Harrison Community Services, Healthlink Lakes & Bairnsdale, Homeplus Inc, Housing Resource and Support Service, Inner East Mental Health Services,  Inside Out, International Organisation for Migration, International Labour Organisation, Kilmany Family Care, Inverloch Aged Care Development Group, Latrobe Community Health Service, Lake Tyres Aboriginal Trust, Lendlease, Linkages Inc, Maroondah Addictions Recovery Program, Mallacoota District Health Service, Maroondah City Council, Manningham City Council, Manningham Youth and Family Services, Melba Support Services, Melbourne City Mission, Merindoo Youth Services, Mitchell Community Housing Services, Monkami Centre, Moreland City Council,  North East Support and Accommodation for Youth, Omeo District Hospital, Orbost Regional Health, Pacific Architecture Chile, Ringwood Extended Family Services, Quantum Support Services, Sacred Heart Mission, SENNAI, Starting Out, SHIFT, Victorian Deaf Society, Salvation Army Eastcare, Villa Maria Society for the Blind,  Warrandyte Housing & Support Services, Wesley Homelessness Services, Willoughby Council, Xanana Trust, Yarram & District Health Service, and Young Women Housing Collective for their cooperation and assistance over the past year.

Maria Kyte, Manager Family Youth & Children's Services
Gippsland Lakes Community Health

“ In a rural area, we need to have good working relationships, understandings of each agencies needs and responsibilities and staff to have clear channels of communication, which encourages healthy debates. As housing support workers we have maintained a healthy working relationship with CHL, we are able to jointly advocate for our clients through the housing allocation process. This has taken us through many transitional tenancies leading to successful outcomes into private rentals and office of public housing.

We have a unique partnership with Community Housing Limited (East Gippsland office), and together we engage with clients, listen to their needs and respect their situation, and CHL has an understanding about clients barriers to accommodation.”

Frank Grubb, Business Manager, Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation

“During the past 12 months I have been involved with the Community Housing Ltd staff from the Morwell Office and have dealt with a range of issues associated with Indigenous housing in the Latrobe region including allocations, repairs, maintenance and termination of tenancy. I have found the staff to be very professional and culturally appropriate in their dealings with Indigenous clients, and I have no doubt that the standing they have with clients has been earned out of respect for the effort and hard work that they display in these often difficult circumstances. I am sure that while Community Housing Ltd employs staff of the calibre of Leanne and Cheryl, the relationship between Community Housing Ltd, our organisation and Indigenous clients will continue to blossom and it will be a win win situation for all parties involved.”

Jane Harrop – Manager, Anchor Inc.

Anchor Community Care provides a Supported Accommodation Assistance Program in the Outer Eastern Metropolitan Region of Victoria. Anchor has a long and successful history of working with Community Housing Limited to provide transitional housing to those experiencing homelessness.

Community Housing Ltd has always demonstrated creative and innovative ways of providing services to clients. Anchor experiences a cooperative and progressive working relationship with Community Housing Ltd staff, and together we work to support and assist clients to achieve safe and secure housing.

Roderick McIver – Manager Social Policy, Darebin City Council

Darebin City Council has a productive relationship with Community Housing Limited. In a three way partnership with the Office of Housing, Community Housing Ltd has built two projects consisting of two units each. These projects were funded under the SHIP program. The submission from Community Housing Ltd and the Council to the State Government offered value in terms of the number of dwellings, as well as an innovation component in regards to sustainable energy usage, and flexibility in unit design so that bedroom numbers could be altered to accommodate the changing needs of tenants. Community Housing Ltd has taken a professional approach to our work together, and has certainly delivered what they said they would.

Penny Kendall – Property Manager, Melba Support Services

Our clients often have complex medical needs where a high level of support is required. Community Housing Limited’s expertise in the development and management of purpose built facilities for our clients has resulted in a professional and positive working relationship.

Community Housing Ltd were involved in the selection of land and the design and development of our seven community residential units (CRU’s). Their designer consulted with families and staff in designing large and spacious areas that incorporated a number of design innovations. To this day, the Department of Human Services still refers to our facilities as the ‘Rolls Royce’ of CRU’s.

As property manager, Community Housing Ltd act as a buffer between the Department of Human Services and the running of the facility, which allows us to concentrate on our core business of helping individuals. We have found them responsive to the needs of our clients, and flexible in dealing with the reality of working with our high needs group.