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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Story Behind Community Housing Futures WA
A program’s name is more than a label. It is a statement of intent. Community Housing Futures WA takes its name from a program that has already proven, in another state, that investing in community housing organisations changes lives.
What Happens When You Invest in Aboriginal-Led Housing Organisations: Lessons from the ACHO Project
In 2021, Shelter WA partnered with four Aboriginal Community Housing Organisations across Western Australia on a project that would prove to be one of the most impactful pieces of work the organisation had undertaken. The ACHO Capacity Building Project, funded by Lotterywest, set out to strengthen governance, operations, and collaboration across four organisations collectively managing around 300 homes for over 1,000 tenants. What it delivered went far beyond those goals.
No One Left Behind: What Shelter WA Learned from Three Years of Regional Engagement
You cannot design a program for all of Western Australia without first understanding all of Western Australia. That is exactly what Shelter WA set out to do between 2021 and 2023, when it undertook a landmark three-stage regional engagement project, funded by Lotterywest, that took the organisation into communities across all nine WA regions.
From Evidence to Action: How the Paxon Report Shaped Community Housing Futures WA
Every good program starts with a hard look at reality. For Community Housing Futures WA, that moment came in 2022 when Shelter WA commissioned the Paxon Group to examine a question that had been sitting uncomfortably in the sector for years: why is Western Australia’s community housing sector not growing fast enough to meet demand, and what would it take to change that?
Community Housing Futures WA and Shelter WA acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country and their ongoing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to all First Nations peoples and to the Elders past and present. We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart and our recognition and acceptance of your invitation to walk with you towards a movement of the Australian people for a better future.
