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Housing affordability has been a longstanding challenge for essential workers living and work in Australia’s most expensive housing market areas. But a new study undertaken for HOPE Housing by researchers at The University of Sydney, reveals that the situation has…

At the start of March, Jessica Ellerm joined the HOPE team as our Head of Investor Engagement. Prior to the launch of the Fund late last year, Jess had been involved with HOPE on a part-time basis, helping to build…

Buying a home is one of the biggest financial decisions most of us will ever make. However, it is all too easy for an inexperienced buyer to get swept up in the excitement of finding their dream home. That’s the…

While the debate around the use of super for nation-building projects like affordable housing rages, HOPE Housing is working on a new way for funds to get involved. Lachlan Maddock HOPE (Home Owners’ Partnering Equity) Housing is aiming to solve…

One of the great lessons of the last few years is who actually keeps this country running. From the horror of the bushfires that started in 2019, to the pandemic, and more recently floods that have ravaged eastern Australia, it’s become clear how big a debt Australia owes…

Ensuring our members can afford a home within the communities they serve is one of The PANSW’s top priorities. Angus Skinner PANSW Research Manager Government action to date has been limited to small-scale rental options that do not suit police…

A solution for Australia’s housing affordability issue. It’s a relentless job being an essential worker, especially over the last few years with fires, the COVID-19 pandemic and then the recent floods. With no option to work from home, they have…

The co-founder of a new co-investment housing scheme explains why it’s so important to think about the change you want to create. Danielle Kitchen The Centre for Social Impact’s Amplify Online tool is helping essential workers buy homes close to their…

Recent studies have shown it now takes essential workers over 12 years just to save a deposit for an average home in Sydney – and this goes up to a whopping 28.2 years to buy in the inner ring! John…

A new co-investment scheme, backed by family offices and institutional investors, will be made available to first responders and frontline workers,helping them secure a property close to their workplace. Jamie Williamson Launched today, the Home Owners' Partnering Equity (HOPE) initiative…

July 4 2022, an exciting day for HOPE Housing with the Australian Financial Review reporting news of our pilot launch in Sydney. We look forward to working with our partners and investors to scale up HOPE's innovative home ownership solution.…

Tim Buskens, CEO, HOPE Housing HOPE Housing is a not-for-profit fund manager that helps essential workers like nurses, teachers, police, fire fighters, paramedics, cleaners and transport workers own a better home closer to work, by providing shared equity funding towards…