One of the keys to CHL and CHVL’s Community Housing (Victoria) Ltd 20 years of operation – success is their belief in building strong for its parent company Community Housing Ltd (CHL), and partnerships and undertaking new 10 years of the CHL Group delivering affordable housing in initiatives. Besides working closely with Gippsland all levels of the government, they have Community Housing Limited (CHL) partnered with more than 22 celebrated its 20th year of providing like-minded organisations in social housing in Victoria, initially under the region that provide a its own identity, and from 2005 primarily range of support services to under its subsidiary Community Housing the tenants including aged, (Victoria) Limited (CHVL) registered as a disabled, youth, and housing association Aboriginal people. in that year. It was a double celebration as the CHL group also celebrated its 10th year of delivering housing and homelessness support services to the local community in Gippsland. CHL currently delivers affordable partnerships ‘These housing in a number of other states, are essential to the as well as ongoing sustainability internationally in Timor Leste, Chile and India. of capacity to people’s occupy their housing CHVL manages more than 2 100 homes in sustainably and CHL Victoria, with just over 50 per cent owned by the company. Four hundred and seventy-four will continue to build of these homes are in Gippsland, in the local long-term local government areas of East Gippsland, South Steve partnerships,’ – Gippsland, Bass Coast, Latrobe Valley, and Bevington, Managing Wellington. From its offices in Morwell and Bairnsdale, it operates both long and Director. transitional housing, allowing easy access to tenants and people needing housing assistance in this part of Victoria. One hundred and sixty-nine of the Gippsland homes were designed and constructed through a mix of $50 million in capital funding from government and CHVL, making it the largest injection of investment by a community housing provider in the region. Besides the growth of new housing, these projects provided a boost to the local economy by creating employment, construction and subcontracting jobs.
Community Housing (Victoria) Ltd – 20 years of operation for its parent company Community Housing Ltd (CHL), and 10 years of the CHL Group delivering affordable housing in Gippsland One of the keys to CHL and CHVL’s success is their belief in building strong partnerships and undertaking new initiatives. Besides working closely with all levels of the Community Housing Limited (CHL) celebrated its 20th year of providing social housing in Victoria, initially under its own identity, and from 2005 primarily under its subsidiary Community Housing (Victoria) Limited (CHVL) registered as a housing association in that year. It was a double celebration as the CHL group also celebrated its 10th year of delivering housing and homelessness support services to the local community in Gippsland. CHL currently delivers affordable housing in a number of other states, as well as internationally in Timor Leste, Chile and India. CHVL manages more than 2 100 homes in Victoria, with just over 50 per cent owned by the company. Four hundred and seventy-four of these homes are in Gippsland, in the local government areas of East Gippsland, South Gippsland, Bass Coast, Latrobe Valley, and Wellington. From its offices in Morwell and Bairnsdale, it operates both long and transitional housing, allowing easy access to tenants and people needing housing assistance in this part of Victoria. One hundred and sixty-nine of the Gippsland homes were designed and constructed through a mix of $50 million in capital funding from government and CHVL, making it the largest injection of investment by a community housing provider in the region. Besides the growth of new housing, these projects provided a boost to the local economy by creating employment, construction and subcontracting jobs. government, they have partnered with more than 22 like-minded organisations in the region that provide a range of support services to the tenants including aged, disabled, youth, and Aboriginal people. ‘These partnerships are essential to the ongoing sustainability of people’s capacity to occupy their housing sustainably and CHL will continue to build long-term local partnerships,’ – Steve Bevington, Managing Director.
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