Do you know a young person who needs support with their education, sporting or artistic pursuits? Our first youth scholarship funding round for 2022 is open with a total of $20,000 available!

disability home

20 April 2022

Accommodation Vouchers

To help residents settle into their new Home in Place-managed, Specialist Disability Accommodation homes, we have a limited number of accommodation vouchers for families and supporters.

community housing

24 March 2022

A New Chapter for Compass

On the 29th of April 2022, Compass Housing Services is changing its trading name to Home in Place.

Group of people supporting the Everybodys Home campaign

homelessness

8 March 2022

Marginal electorates want action on housing

Opinion polls conducted in four battleground federal seats show there is greater voter recognition of the housing crisis and clear support for more federal government attention on housing, including funding the construction of social housing.

broken hill

7 March 2022

BBQ grant helps Compass better engage tenants and community in Broken Hill

Compass Housing social housing tenants, and others in Broken Hill and surrounding communities, will soon be able to connect over a barbeque, thanks to the support of Broken Hill City Council and Boltons Precision Engineering.

Outstretched hand with a toy house on it

affordable housing

22 February 2022

Compass offers hassle free rental to private property owners

Compass Housing Services is in urgent need of private properties for it to rent to it tenants and is calling on local property owners and property managers looking for hassle free, long term leasing to consider renting to it.

Budget Position Paper

17 February 2022

Compass supports call for 25,000 social housing dwellings in Federal Budget to stem housing crisis

Compass Housing has contributed to a Budget Position Paper released by the national campaign to end homelessness, Everybody’s Home, which calls for funding of at least 25,000 in new social housing dwellings in this year’s Federal budget.

cadetship

10 February 2022

Cadetship for Compass Tenants

Compass is looking for expressions of interest for cadetship opportunities in South West Sydney (Leumeah) and Newcastle.

Australian Housing Institute

22 December 2021

Compass Housing a big winner at 2021 AHI jurisdictional Brighter Future Awards

Compass Housing was a big winner at the Australian Housing Institute’s 2021 Brighter Futures Awards with four staff receiving jurisdictional awards in December.

disability home

22 December 2021

Queensland Specialist Disability Accommodation complete

A high-grade Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) project in Marsden has reached completion, joining the string of Queensland developments bolstering national SDA housing supply.

emergency housing

2 December 2021

Together Home expanded to support more people sleeping rough

Compass Housing Services will be able to support more people in the Hunter and Western NSW who are experiencing homelessness into housing thanks to extra funding through the NSW Government’s Together Home program.

affordable housing

29 November 2021

Strong Growth for Compass Housing – Annual Report Released

Chair Kwesi Addo said despite ongoing challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, Compass had another successful year with some impressive achievements.

Adamstown project

4 November 2021

Greater Housing Options for Adamstown

People in need of housing in Newcastle now have a place to call home following the completion of a new social and affordable housing project in Adamstown.