About Us - History
PowerHousing Australia was established in 2006 by not-for-profit community and affordable housing companies and training organisations from Victoria, Western Australia, NSW, Queensland and the ACT.
These organisations had extensive experience in helping low/moderate income Australians into their own homes.
PowerHousing's founders were determined to build a national capacity to continue delivering community and affordable housing services to their local communities in a rapidly changing service delivery environment.
PowerHousing recognised the need to be proactive to ensure that community housing companies were not marginalised by government and private enterprise in the evolution of affordable housing in Australia. This was carried out to ensure PowerHousing is part of the solution, not just embroidery on the fabric of affordable housing across the country.
Since its formation, PowerHousing's membership has grown significantly with strategic additions to membership giving our network coverage across Australia.
Member organisations retain their strong local identity and are distinguished by their links with their communities and a proud history of delivering services to those local communities.
By joining PowerHousing, members organisations gain a greater capacity by becoming part of a network providing the best practice, contract management and quality assurance strengths that a national network provides.
"We are nonprofit entrepreneurs leveraging the power of partnerships to create affordable housing and economic opportunities for individuals, families, and communities"
PowerHousing Australia is a peer network and business alliance of the nation's top-performing nonprofit housing organisations.
Our members are entrepreneurial, innovative, and grounded in their local markets through partnerships with private and public sectors as well as being community leaders we are aiming to combine our community mission with business acumen to achieve maximum social impact.
Our clients, government and the private sector benefit from this unique partnership.
About Us - Structure
PowerHousing Australia is a not for profit company constituted in April 2008 comprised of community housing providers across Australia.
It is PowerHousing's strategy overtime to operate as a peer network and business cooperative of high capacity, entrepreneurial affordable housing not-for-profits.
By collaborating through PowerHousing, its members will share and spread innovations that emerge from their local practice. They will obtain capital that rewards their demonstrated performance and capabilities. They will also create innovative strategies and cooperative ventures that respond to the rapidly changing regulatory, policy and economic environment.
PowerHousing's business model is to include partnerships at many levels:
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Local partnerships that bring together public-sector and private-sector leadership and resources
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National collaborations among member organisations
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Entrepreneurial partneships among financial institutions, foundations, government agencies and our membes
PowerHousing will combine and leverage pubic, foundation, and private investment to create dynamic opportunities that expan the mission impact and market competitiveness of its members. Through these products and social enterprises PowerHousing will provide value to its members and will build a sustainable economic model for the organisation.
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