The Tenancy Team
North East Housing Service (NEHS) is funded by the Office
of Housing and Community Building. The Tenancy Team’s primary role
is to provide and manage transitional housing for people who are
experiencing homelessness or are potentially homeless.
What are transitional properties and how do
people get selected?
The Tenancy Team at NEHS has five full-time workers and we
manage 255 transitional properties in the Darebin, Nilumbik,
Whittlesea and Banyule Local Government Areas. The housing we
provide is “transitional” or short term which means that a tenancy
with us is for a limited time. We manage properties of many
styles and sizes, with 1 to 5 bedrooms, and some with disability
modifications.
One of the conditions of moving into a NEHS managed property is
that the tenant has, or is working on, a housing plan to secure
long-term housing in the future. Our tenant’s also need to
continue to actively engage with their support workers during their
time in our property to address any further needs they may
have.
A housing plan may include:
• Seeking private rental;
• Seeking shared or community housing; or
• Applying for and getting approval for early housing with
the
Office of Housing on their segmented wait list.
The majority of people selected to move into our properties are
chosen by “nominating agencies”. Nominating agencies are
often support agencies who are assisting their clients to work
through their support needs additional to addressing their
homelessness. These support needs may be due to mental or
physical illness, trauma from violence, family breakdown or
rehabilitation from substance abuse.
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