The housing affordability problem is very real for Australia’s essential workers. They’re increasingly being priced out of the communities who need them, or forced to walk away from the careers they love.
With a police officer and a nurse in our families, we could see the stress it was causing. Seeing the problem was the easy part. Fixing it has been a little trickier.
When you change how people finance homes you have to change a lot, including ingrained beliefs. What we’re doing looks different for everyone – for banks, insurers, investors, and buyers. It’s taken 4 years, but we now have a number of great partners who are really working with us to help make this happen.
People want to help our essential workers. It’s attracted a wonderful team of like-minded people who continue to make the idea better, multiplying the effect.
That's how hope becomes real
HOPE is a not for profit initiative assisting Essential Service Workers (including Police, Nurses, Emergency Services, Teachers) afford housing closer to where they work.
HOPE Staff
Tim Buskens
Chief Executive Officer
Allyson Bailie
Head of Operations & Marketing
Jin Jin Leong
Head of Finance
Jessica Ellerm
Head of Investor Engagement
Evan Hinchliffe
Head of Distribution
Ravipa Rojasavachai
Quantitative Analyst
Tim Mifsud
Head of Digital ExperienceHOPE Advisory Board
Founder, Director
Tim Sims AM
Founder, Director
Sam Kong
Advisory Board Member
Michael Dwyer AM
Advisory Board Member
Philip Levinson
Advisory Board Member
Richard Brandweiner
Advisory Board Member
Alexis Cheang
Advisory Board Member
Amanda Goodman
Advisory Board Member
Mark Lennon
Our Partners
We acknowledge the following organisations who have supported HOPE in building our offering:
