One of the sites I visited was our South Granville site, where we shared scones and recipes for spinach and other produce from the community garden. I enjoyed meeting our tenants and hearing about their experiences of social housing and the new community they are forming.
As part of the 2020-2026 program to develop social housing for older women, we opened a new property in St Mary’s with the help of Homes NSW and TAFE NSW. So far, 71 units have been delivered with 4 more projects in the pipeline creating a total of 106 units. Older women are among the fastest growing groups of homeless people in NSW, and they deserve housing that is beautiful, well designed, fit for purpose and safe. A place they can call home. Feedback from the women who viewed the property has been heartwarming.
As we wind down for the year, I want to thank our tenants, partners, supporters, Board and staff for contributing to our impact this year. We housed and supported more than 2000 women and children through our housing and homelessness services. We continued to work hard to grow our property portfolio, empower women and improve the quality of the homelessness and tenancy services we provide.
I want to thank our tenants and clients who participate in our tenant activities and programs and play an important role in creating connected communities. I also want to thank the Women’s Housing Company staff who work tirelessly to help our tenants and clients. I admire their dedication and commitment to supporting women to resolve their homelessness and live in safe and affordable homes.
On behalf of The Women’s Housing Company, I want to wish all our tenants, partners, supporters, board members and staff a safe and restful Holiday Season. It has been an eventful and impactful 2024 and we look forward to continuing this in 2025.
