Community Housing Industry Council

The Community Housing Industry Council (CHIC) provides independent advice to the NSW Government on policies and strategies for the development of the community housing industry in NSW.

CHIC overview

The community housing industry has a significant and increasing role in the provision of social and affordable housing.

CHIC provides a forum for the NSW Government and the community housing industry to develop approaches to manage and deliver social and affordable housing.

CHIC aims to support the community housing industry to grow and meet government objectives and community needs.

CHIC is convened by the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).

Download the Terms of Reference for CHIC (PDF , 166.2 KB)

CHIC members

CHIC has an independent chair and is made up of government and industry leaders.

Members are appointed for a term of two years. Retiring members are eligible to apply for re-appointment for a further term. The Secretary may appoint members for shorter terms at his discretion.

Current members

• Trevor Danos AM, Independent Chairperson
• Chris Valacos, Registrar for Community Housing
  
• Tasha Burrell, Landcom
• Roland Stanmore, Treasury NSW
• Sandy Chappel, Department of Planning and Environment, Planning and Assessment
• Famey Williams, Aboriginal Housing Office
• Emma Nicholson, Homes NSW
• Stephen Anthony, Independent member
• John Nicolades, Independent member
• Annette Gallard, Independent member
• Charles Northcott, Community Housing Industry Association NSW
• Mark Degotardi, Community Housing Industry Association NSW
• Scott Langford, Community Housing Industry Association NSW
• Lisa Sampson, Aboriginal Community Housing Industry Association NSW
  

Meeting schedule

CHIC was established late 2018 and had its inaugural meeting on 20 February 2019 and a second meeting on 18 June 2019 (DOCX, 14.6 KB). CHIC is scheduled to meet four times a year.

Previous CHIC meetings were (click on the links to see the CHIC communique for the that meeting):

• 25 September 2019 (DOCX, 14.3 KB)
• 18 December 2019 (DOCX, 21.4 KB)
• 18 March 2020 (cancelled due to Covid-19 – see communique for 3 June 2020 below)
• 3 June 2020 (DOCX, 21.0 KB)
• 16 September 2020 (DOCX, 18.3 KB)
• 3 December 2020 (DOCX, 18.7 KB)
• 24 March 2021 (DOCX, 23.9 KB)
• 17 June 2021 (DOCX, 19.2 KB)
• 25 November 2021 (DOCX, 22.8 KB)
• 24 March 2022 (PDF, 124.1 KB)
• 16 June 2022 (DOCX, 25.1 KB)
• 15 September 2022 (PDF, 124.9 KB)
• 6 December 2022 (PDF, 126.3 KB)
  
• 26 April 2023 (DOCX, 24.5 KB)
• 24 August 2023 (DOCX, 24.5 KB) (DOCX, 24.5 KB)
• 6 December 2023 (PDF, 186.0 KB)
• 27 March 2024 (PDF, 187.7 KB)

The forward schedule for CHIC for the 2023/24 financial year is:

• 26 June 2024 
  

CHIC papers

• NSW Community Housing Industry Strategy 2023-27 (the Strategy) (PDF, 3.8 MB)
  This strategy has been prepared by the NSW Community Housing Industry Council (CHIC). It aims to:
  • maximise the community housing sector’s contribution to the delivery of social and
    affordable housing in NSW, including by growing supply and/or by enabling effective
    partnerships and collaborations, and
  • maximise public value.
• Fixing Affordable Housing in NSW (PDF, 2.4 MB)
  This paper, Fixing Affordable Housing in NSW, was prepared for the New South Wales Community Housing Industry Council (CHIC) by Stephen Anthony and Gary Lu who work at Industry Super Australia. However, the views expressed in this paper are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the CHIC, CHIC members, the NSW Government nor Industry Super Australia, its funds or its investment committees.
• NSW Community Housing Partnership Framework (PDF, 140.5 KB)
• Community Housing Partnership Framework Guidance Notes (PDF, 229.2 KB)
• CHIC Work Plan 2022-24 (DOCX, 39.9 KB)
• Summary of key findings: Advantages and disadvantages of funding models for the Community Housing Sector (PDF, 78.6 KB)

Information in the above documents is provided as general information only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a qualified professional. The state of New South Wales recommends that users exercise care and use their own skill and judgment in using information from these publications and that users carefully evaluate the accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of such information.
The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NSW Government or Homes NSW.

Contact

CHIC is located in the Department of Communities and Justice.

If writing to the Secretariat, address your mail to:

Chair

Secretariat staff

If you have difficulty accessing any of the documents on this page or to request an accessible version, please contact us at NSWCommunityHousingIndustryCouncil@facs.nsw.gov.au