Related Agencies & Sites

• COAG Select Council on Housing and Homelessness
  The Select Council on Housing and Homelessness is established to take an integrated approach to the related policy areas of housing supply, social and affordable housing and homelessness.

• Centrelink
  Provides a range of services including: Rent Assistance, Rent Deduction Scheme, Centrepay and Centrelink Community Officers, which are available specifically to provide services to homeless and at risk people of all ages

• First Home Saver Accounts website
  Simple, tax effective way for Australians to save for their first home through a combination of Government contributions and low taxes

• Aboriginal Hostels Limited
  An Australian Government company that provides temporary accommodation to Indigenous people through a national network of 138 hostels

• IBA Homes
  IBA Homes loans are available to Indigenous Australians who want to buy an affordable home in which to live

• Your Home
  Your Home is a suite of consumer and technical guide materials and tools developed to encourage the design, construction or renovation of homes to be comfortable, healthy and more environmentally sustainable.

State & territory government housing sites

Find information on housing programs and services in your state and territory, including the First Home Owner Grant Scheme

• New South Wales Government - Housing NSW

• Queensland Government - Department of Housing

• South Australia Government - Department for Families and Communities

• Victorian Government - Office of Housing

• Western Australian Government - Department of Housing and Works

• Northern Territory Government – Territory Housing

• Australian Capital Territory Government - Housing & Community Services ACT

• Tasmania Government - Department of Health and Human Services

Housing industry sites

• The University of NSW

• The Urban Development Institute of Australia

• Housing Industry Association

• Master Builders

• Property Council of Australia

• Planning Institute of Australia

• Australian Bureau of Statistics

• Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

Homelessness related sites

• Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
  National research organisation, specialising in housing and urban research and policy

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  National information and statistics on health, community services and housing assistance

• Homelessness Australia
  Peak body working to prevent and respond to homelessness in Australia

• Council to Homeless Persons
  Peak Victorian body representing individuals and organisations with a stake or interest in homelessness

• Homelessness NSW
  Central contact point for information and resources concerning adult homelessness in NSW

• Community Housing Federation of Australia
  National peak organisation representing the views of community housing providers in Australia

• National Homelessness Information Clearinghouse
  The Homelessness Information Clearinghouse is an online tool designed to help tackle homelessness in Australia.