Home in Place Housing Access Team

NSW Housing Access

NSW Housing Access

Many Home in Place tenants have experienced homelessness in one form or another. Some have fled domestic or family violence, others have experienced childhood trauma which often results in addiction or mental health issues. Many simply cannot afford to rent privately.

The NSW Home in Place Housing Access team provides a comprehensive range of applicant services and advice to clients by:

  • Managing the intake, assessment and approval process for new applicants to the Social Housing Register
  • Facilitating the delivery of Temporary Accommodation and Private Rental Assistance products in the Hunter and the Great Lakes and Manning regions.
  • Providing referrals to other service providers and provide information on alternative housing products and services

Rent Choice Start Safely

Our Housing Access team can help clients find and sustain accommodation in the private rental market through the NSW Government’s rental assistance program Rent Choice Start Safely.

Rent Choice Start Safely provides rent support to people who do not have stable and secure place to live due to domestic or family violence.

To be eligible to receive a Rent Choice Start Safely, you should be escaping domestic or family violence and:

  • be homeless or at risk of being homeless
  • be eligible for social housing
  • demonstrate that you will be able to afford the private market rental after the subsidy period ends
  • be willing to receive support services, if needed.

Rent It Keep It

Home in Place branches run Rent It Keep It programs to support our tenants in providing them with the opportunity to attend these programs and gain an understanding of what is needed to successfully sustain a tenancy.

Our Housing Access team also runs quarterly sessions for people who are homeless or in transitional properties with little experience in the private rental market or who have had previous problems with their tenancies in the past.

Private Rental Subsidy

A Private Rental Subsidy is a medium term solution to help priority approved clients access affordable accommodation in the private rental market, while waiting for social housing.
To be eligible you must have a disability.

For further details refer to the Department of Communities and Justice Housing (DCJ Housing) website.

Bond Extra

The Bond Extra program encourages private sector landlords and agents to rent properties to people who are having difficulty entering the private rental market even though they have the income and skills to sustain a successful tenancy.

For further details please refer to the DCJ Housing website.

Rentstart Bond Loans

DCJ Housing Rentstart Bond Loans provide up to 100% of rental bond for eligible clients wanting to rent in the private rental market.
The loans are interest free and repayable to DCJ Housing.
For further details refer to the DCJ Housing website.

Advance Rent

Advance Rent assists clients moving into accommodation such as caravan parks, registered boarding houses and hostels, where a deposit is required but there is no requirement for a bond to be lodged at the Rental Bond Board.
Advance Rent is provided to the client as a grant by DCJ Housing and is not repaid.
For further details refer to the DCJ Housing website.

Temporary Accommodation

An urgent need for temporary accommodation may exist where a client finds themselves:

  • homeless due to natural disasters
  • unable to live in their homes due to a domestic violence situation which places them or their children at risk,
  • homeless and with custody of children

The Home in Place team facilitates Temporary Accommodation from our Muswellbrook, Taree and Cessnock offices.

If you urgently need assistance after 5pm please call Link2Home on 1800 152 152.

Housing Access Team

Need to speak with our Housing Access team?

Contact us today or call our Housing Access team on 1300 333 733.