Get Au Housing Pathways Dh3003 2015-2024

Housing First programs use a variety of housing stock for their clients. Providing choice over where someone wants to get housed is a fundamental part of Housing First support. That means people in Housing First programs may be housed in any community, in a property that best meets their needs.

23rd March 2024 New data released today by the NSW Government shows an additional 300 families and individuals have joined the social housing waitlist in the past month alone. The social housing waitlist in NSW is the longest in the country with 57,904 families and individuals waiting for help.

You can apply for housing assistance online 24/7 or by phone, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm by calling the Housing Contact Centre on 1800 422 322. You can talk to any Housing Pathways provider to find out where your application is up to or request changes to your application.

There is a wait list for social housing, and unfortunately, it's a long list. For Social Housing in New South Wales, estimated waiting times are updated each year, and can fall into four categories: less than 2 years, 2-5 years, 5-10 years, and more than 10 years.

Housing Pathways a partnership between the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), the Aboriginal Housing Office, the Housing Contact Centre, and participating community housing providers such as Home in Place. It is the system by which all applications for housing assistance in New South Wales are managed.

On 16 August 2023, National Cabinet agreed to an ambitious new national target to build 1.2 million new well‑located homes over 5 years, from 1 July 2024. This is an additional 200,000 new homes above the original National Housing one million homes target agreed by states and territories last year.

“Current market supply of new housing is low,” it said. “Only 172,000 dwellings were completed in 2023 – the lowest annual number of completions in the past decade.” It noted that social housing had declined as a share of the housing stock for three decades, down from 5.6% in 1991 to 3.8% in 2021.

Social housing is government subsidised rental housing – both short term and long term. It is one form of secure and affordable housing for Australians especially those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.