About the Office of Community Housing

The Office of Community Housing has the charter to undertake the strategic development of the community housing sector and promote client-focused and efficient service delivery.

The Office is entrusted with ensuring the community housing system is effectively managed, operates in the public interest, and is accountable to Government.

Since its establishment in July 1996, the Office of Community Housing has developed the infrastructure and framework to deliver a comprehensive range of planning, delivery and monitoring services. A streamlined reporting process and an accreditation system are two initiatives in this area.

As a priority, the Office of Community Housing is also developing strategies that promote a partnership approach to development of diverse, quality social housing. The aim is to provide genuine client choice by encouraging innovative community based projects that respond to increasingly complex housing needs.

NSW Planning for the Future: Community Housing

December 19th 2007

The document, Planning for the Future: New directions for community housing in New South Wales, has now been released, and is available for immediate download: