Effective from March 2012, this revised Policy sets out the Community Housing Division’s requirements for the rent policies operated by community housing providers in NSW.
The Policy applies to all properties governed by the contractual agreement with a community housing provider (a Community Housing Agreement). The agreement requires providers to use their best endeavours to comply with these policies. Under the Housing Act 2001, failure to use best endeavours to comply with any of the policy requirements is cause for a review of an organisation’s registration status.
The Policy does not apply to properties managed by community housing providers through agreements with the Housing Services Division of Housing NSW.
The Rent Policy requires providers to develop fair and transparent processes for setting crisis accommodation fees and/or fees for those tenants in transitional housing who do not sign residential tenancy agreements or unable to afford social housing rents.
Aboriginal community housing providers managing Community Housing Division properties will now be covered by the Build and Grow Rent Policy as detailed on the AHO website.
The Rent Policy now references the tenant water usage charges under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010. Details of the policy on tenant water usage charges are contained in the Ministerial Guidelines on Community Housing Water Charging.
For more information, see Community Housing Rent Policy 2012. (PDF, 1.MB).
Please see the Simple Multiplier Tool (Excel file, 26KB) to determine income for single pensioner rent assessments.
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