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CEO John McKenna shares his thoughts on the chronic shortage of affordable housing in Byron Bay

13.04.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

CEO John McKenna shares his thoughts on the chronic shortage of affordable housing in Byron Bay and in the region in this article from ABC North Coast. To read the article, please click here. NCCH will continue to keep lobbying for more funding to address…

‘The housing market on the Northern Rivers is broken for people on low and medium incomes’

09.04.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

NCCH CEO and former Chair of Community Housing Industry Association NSW, John McKenna spoke to PRIME7 News North Coast about the lack of housing in our region and welcomes the Community Land Trust initiative from Byron Shire Council. Community Land Trusts are private, non-profit entities…

CEO comments on REINSW Vacancy Rate Report

18.03.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

The latest Real Estate Institute of New South Wales [REINSW] Vacancy Rate Report shows the Northern Rivers has only a 0.6% availability of rental accommodation. The tightening of rental vacancies is affecting many locals in our region, including our own staff who are having difficulty…

CEO interviewed about the number of rough sleepers in the Byron Shire

10.03.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

CEO John McKenna was interviewed on PRIME7 News North Coast responding to the numbers of people rough sleeping in the Byron Shire region and those needing housing in the Northern Rivers. Byron Shire is now second to Sydney with numbers of rough sleepers. Watch the…

CEO comments on social housing and current wait times

09.03.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

CEO John McKenna was interviewed last week on the Breakfast Show at Tweed Heads Radio Station, Radio 97, on the topic of social housing and the current wait times particularly in the Tweed area. To listen to the interview, please click on the audio bar…

CEO comments on the issue of dual occupancies and the lack of affordable housing in the region

17.02.2021 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

CEO John McKenna was interviewed on PRIME7 News North Coast where he commented on the issue of dual occupancies and the lack of affordable housing in the region. Watch the video here .. https://www.prime7.com.au/news/7461966-dual-occupancy-plan NCCH continues to lobby for more funding to address the housing…

CEO discusses the housing shortage on the far north coast

17.11.2020 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Everybody's Home campaign, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Social housing

CEO John McKenna appeared on Prime7 News North Coast to discuss the housing shortage on the far north coast. Watch the video here https://www.prime7.com.au/news/31589-homeless-survey NCCH continues to lobby for more funding to address the housing crisis in our region.

Landlords … NCCH would like to work with you!

04.09.2020 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Homelessness, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress

As part of the NSW Government-funded Together Home program, we are looking to work with local landlords to secure housing outcomes and support rough sleepers in our region. If you have a property to rent consider working with us: Rent paid monthly in advance Secure…

CHIA NSW’s “Snapshot of the community housing sector in NSW” report

13.07.2020 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Community housing, Development, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events

CHIA NSW has released a new report showing how effective the community housing sector has been in developing new properties and supporting local communities. Click here to download a copy of the report.

NCCH CEO John McKenna calls out to the Lismore community

09.07.2020 in Affordable Housing, Blog, Community, Housing & homelessness, Latest News & Events, Rental stress, Together Home project

North Coast Community Housing CEO John McKenna was recently interviewed by Liina Flynn from the Lismore App about how NCCH will be working with the NSW Government on its new “Together Home” project. Mr McKenna has put a call out to the Lismore community to…