The workers hailed as heroes for keeping our communities afloat through bushfires and pandemics – our nurses, teachers, small business owners and aged care workers – can no longer afford to live here.

Our Homes 4 Local Heroes campaign is fighting to change this. One solution is affordable rental housing: provided by not-for-profit community organisations and rented below the market price to people on moderate incomes who can’t afford to rent, let alone buy a home.

You’re invited to join us on Wednesday 24 November for the Homes 4 Local Heroes: Affordable Rental Forum.

This free online event will explore how local councils can work with community housing providers and other levels of government to provide homes that our local heroes can afford.

Click here to RSVP on Eventbrite.

WHAT: Homes 4 Local Heroes: Affordable Housing Forum

WHEN: Wednesday 24 November, 4PM-5:30PM

WHERE: Online via Zoom

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/206920925057

Local Government is essential to build and support affordable rental housing in our region. Local housing strategies, planning approvals and financial incentives are essential to boosting supply and ensuring the workers keeping their community afloat have a place to live.

At the Forum you’ll hear from leaders in business, housing, the community and tenants in the Illawarra and Shoalhaven region about how our local councils can use their power and work with other levels of government to tackle the housing crisis.

Speakers include:

· Michael Carnuccio, Senior Policy Officer, Community Housing Industry Association NSW

· Michelle Adair, CEO of Housing Trust and Chair CHIA NSW

· Adam Zarth, CEO of Illawarra Business Chamber

The forum will also include a panel discussion with opportunities for audience questions.

We’d love you to join this important discussion and map a sustainable way forward for our region to provide the homes our communities need.

Don’t miss out. Register on Eventbrite to secure your free place now.

Kind regards,

Housing Trust

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If you have any questions, get in touch with the Housing Trust team today.

We’re available at 02 4254 1166 or info@housingtrust.org.au

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Housing Trust is honoured to work on the lands of the Dharawal, Jerrinja tribal people of the Shoalhaven, and the Yuin nations. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities as the Traditional Custodians of the land we work on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise that their sovereignty was never ceded. Housing Trust is committed to building inclusive environments for our tenants, staff and the broader community. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities.