The Everybody’s Home national campaign has issued a media release entitled “Almost 1 million Australian households left out in the cold by Government’s housing plan” with an accompanying scorecard (featured below) on the housing policies of the major parties, which shows Labor and the Greens way…
Every year, Anglicare Australia tests if it is possible for people on low incomes to rent a home in the private market. They do this by taking a snapshot of the thousands of properties listed for rent on realestate.com.au and they test whether each property is affordable and…
NCCH CEO, John McKenna, participated as a panellist at last night’s Thursday Night Live forum. He is pictured (2nd from left) with fellow panellists from Ian O’Reilly (Social Futures) and researcher Dr Sandy Darab (Southern Cross University) and event facilitator, Adele Wessell. The Northern Rivers faces significant…
A report recently released by welfare organisation Anglicare, raises concerns about the lack of affordable rental properties for pensioners and low income earners. Click here to read an article and/or listen to the interview with Northern Rivers local, Jenny Dowling, which was featured on ABC…
CEO John McKenna was recently interviewed by Leah McLennan for the Government News publication in response to Anglicare Australia’s Annual Rental Affordability Snapshot which was released on 29 April. Mr McKenna, who is Chair of Community Housing Industry Association NSW (CHIA NSW), has called for a State-wide…
Are you a Goonellabah resident or live in the surrounding suburbs? Would you like to share some ideas of your vision and dreams for your community? Then please join in when the Up-Top Project’s Residents Working Group holds its second meeting on 30 April…
17 April is Youth Homelessness Matters Day 28,000 young people between the ages of 12-24 will be homeless tonight in Australia. All over Australia, every single day, there are young people sleeping in their cars, on friends’ couches or finding shelter with family because they…
Thank you to Get Building SDA and Summer Foundation for hosting today’s Connecting NSW event at Tweed Heads. This free event aimed to bridge the gap between SDA providers and NDIS participants. SDA providers came along to showcase their developments to participants, families, carers and…
The National Disability Coordination Officer – NDCO – Program assists people with disability access and participate in tertiary education & employment through a national network of regionally based NDCOs. The NDCO Program seeks to help people build skills and confidence to share information about…
Rain and thunderstorms around Sydney last night, Thursday 14 March 2019, couldn’t keep the crowds away from the Sydney Alliance Housing and Energy Assembly at Sydney Town Hall. NCCH CEO John McKenna, who is also Chair of CHIA NSW, joined 2400 leaders and citizens at the event…
