Community Housing Futures Grant Round 3 - General Stream

>>>>BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS APPLICATION - PLEASE READ THE GRANT GUIDELINES<<<<

Eligible organisations can apply for grants to support any growth-related activity, including but not limited to:

• Finance: project and business financial modelling, financial risk analysis, and key ratios.
• Business planning: project and business planning, preparation of business cases, forming partnerships, monitoring results.
• Property development: developing or procuring new social and affordable housing, mixed tenure, sustainable and accessible property design, urban planning, place-making.
• Risk analysis and management: understanding risks (business, financial, policy, governance etc.) and managing, monitoring, and mitigating risk.
• Partnership development: Costs associated with developing strategic and operational partnerships to deliver more housing supply.
• Growth readiness assessments: Costs associated with developing growth readiness assessments.
• Strategic asset management: Costs associated with developing or strengthening strategic asset management and strategic asset management plans (SAMP).
• Internal capability uplift: Costs associated with increasing the internal capability of CHPs and ICHOs to deliver growth in social and affordable housing.
• Feasibility: Cost associated with assessing the feasibility of proposed developments.
• Development of tools, resources, templates or advice: Where the benefits extend to more than one organisation. This could include bulk purchasing of systems infrastructure.

Grants can be used for professional services or personnel to deliver the proposed program of work. Grants can only be used for additional advisors or staff and cannot be used for pre-existing staff roles that are part of the core delivery of programs and services.

ELIGIBILITY

The General grants stream is targeted to organisations that are growth-ready or likely to grow and meet the eligibility criteria.

Organisations must meet all the following criteria to be eligible for funding under this stream:

• Organisations must be a community housing provider or an Indigenous Community Housing Organisation (under the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH), or the Queensland State Regulatory System for Community Housing (QSRSCH).
• Organisations must be delivering or intending to deliver additional housing supply in Queensland.
• Organisations must have supply growth as a strategic objective.

Organisations that were recipients of a grant during Round 1 and Round 2 of the Community Housing Futures Business Advisory Program are eligible to submit applications provided all previous acquittals have been completed.

GENERAL GRANTS STREAM 

CHPs and ICHOs can apply for this stream.

Grant category 1

This category provides grants of up to $100,000 for any growth-ready or likely to grow organisations, including projects that:

• Align with the Queensland Government’s housing objectives.
• Build sustainable organisational capacity to deliver additional homes in the future.
• Support the growth of social and/or affordable housing within the next 3-5 years.

Grant category 2

This category provides grants between $100,000 and $250,000. Grants of up to $250,000 will need to demonstrate:

• Alignment with the Queensland Government’s housing objectives.
• Support for the growth of social and/or affordable housing within the next 3-5 years.
• Impact beyond a single project, with long-term benefits to housing supply and broader system capacity.
• Strategic partnerships with other relevant organisations, including community housing providers, Government, the private sector or other funding partners.

 >>>>BEFORE YOU BEGIN THIS APPLICATION - PLEASE READ THE GRANT GUIDELINES<<<<

For information, please visit Business Advisory Program | Community Housing Futures or contact communityhousingfutures@qshelter.asn.au.

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