Housing Australia opens first funding round today to support delivery of 40,000 more social and affordable homes via the Federal Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund and National Housing Accord.

From today, the Call for Applications is open for funding from the Federal Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund Facility (HAFFF) and National Housing Accord Facility (NHAF) for eligible social and affordable housing projects. 

Over a five-year period, the HAFFF is expected to support the delivery of 30,000 social and affordable homes and the NHAF is expected to support the delivery of 10,000 affordable homes around the nation, including in regional, rural and remote areas. 

Housing Australia is administering the programs and has opened the first funding round today. The programs have been designed to encourage participation by eligible entities for diverse housing projects of all sizes and across all of Australia. 

Full media release here