i Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 and Community Sector Owned Rooming House Upgrades Responses to questions from the sector (updated regularly) About this document Questions relating to the Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 and Rooming House Upgrades can be sent to the <HAAS@dhhs.vic.gov.au>. This document will be updated daily with questions received and the department’s responses and placed on the <https://dhhs.vic.gov.au/improving-housing-services-vulnerable-victorians> Responses to previously received questions appear first followed by new questions and responses. Please note that a separate document at the same website address provides the questions that were raised at the industry briefing session on 12 April 2017 and the responses of the department to those questions. Updated on 9 May 2017 Responses to previously answered questions Question 1: As a funded Community Service Organisation that owns land, are we obliged to enter into an agreement/partnership with a Housing Association or Housing Provider to access capital money available under the Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 funding to develop housing on this site? (Received 12 2017) Response: No, there is no obligation to enter into a partnership. However, the department strongly encourages applicants to establish or build on existing partnerships with other Registered Housing Agencies or department funded Community Service Organisations. All applicants should demonstrate how they are demonstrating the key selection criteria, particularly: Criteria 4 Evidence of the capacity to deliver innovative services in partnership with other agencies for people – at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness Criteria 5 Financial viability. – Question 2: Can the Rooming House upgrade funding be applied to the upgrade of a property that is owned by the Department and in the portfolio of the Registered Housing Association? (Received 12 April 2017)
i Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 and Community Sector Owned Rooming House Upgrades Responses to questions from the sector (updated regularly) About this document Questions relating to the Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 and Rooming House Upgrades can be sent to the <HAAS@dhhs.vic.gov.au>. This document will be updated daily with questions received and the department’s responses and placed on the <https://dhhs.vic.gov.au/improving-housing-services-vulnerable-victorians> Responses to previously received questions appear first followed by new questions and responses. Please note that a separate document at the same website address provides the questions that were raised at the industry briefing session on 12 April 2017 and the responses of the department to those questions. Updated on 9 May 2017 Responses to previously answered questions Question 1: As a funded Community Service Organisation that owns land, are we obliged to enter into an agreement/partnership with a Housing Association or Housing Provider to access capital money available under the Accommodation for the Homeless Phase 2 funding to develop housing on this site? (Received 12 2017) Response: No, there is no obligation to enter into a partnership. However, the department strongly encourages applicants to establish or build on existing partnerships with other Registered Housing Agencies or department funded Community Service Organisations. All applicants should demonstrate how they are demonstrating the key selection criteria, particularly: Criteria 4 – Evidence of the capacity to deliver innovative services in partnership with other agencies for people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness Criteria 5 – Financial viability. Question 2: Can the Rooming House upgrade funding be applied to the upgrade of a property that is owned by the Department and in the portfolio of the Registered Housing Association? (Received 12 April 2017)
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