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.
Meet the team
Board of Directors
Michael Dwyer AM
Independent Chair HOPE Housing. Chair NSW TCorp and Director IRESS. Former CEO of First State Super (now Aware Super).
Tim Sims AM
Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equities Partners.
Sam Kong
Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director
Advisory Board
Michael Dwyer AM
Independent Chair HOPE Housing. Chair NSW TCorp and Director IRESS. Former CEO of First State Super (now Aware Super).
Tim Sims AM
Founder and Managing Director of Pacific Equities Partners.
Richard Brandweiner*
CIO of the Future Fund. Former CEO of Pendal Australia and CIO of First State Super (now Aware Super).
Philip Levinson
CEO of Penmount Partners. Former CEO of Cambridge Industrial Trust and Managing Director of Blackstone.
Alexis Cheang
Head of Investment Stewardship at TCorp.
Amanda Goodman
Co-Founder and Director, Ecotone Partners.
Mark Lennon
Chair of Sydney Financial Forum. Former Unions NSW Secretary.
Leadership Team
Phil White
Chief Executive Officer
Evan Hinchliffe
Head of Distribution
Allyson Bailie
Head of Marketing and Operations
Ravipa Rojasavachai
Quantitative Analyst
Our Partners
We acknowledge the following organisations who have supported HOPE in building our offering:
