A Year of Living Dangerously from the chair | HEATHER MCCALLUM
Our growth path continued with outstanding success in a range of State-based tenders – particularly Victoria’s Big Housing Build, Tasmania’s new supply and SHERP in WA. Importantly, we maintained unqualified registration reports in all jurisdictions. I would like to thank Directors Meredith Sussex and Julie Mitchell for their service and commitment to Housing Choices Australia. The Board is cognisant of the responsibilities it bears, including to refresh and replenish itself. In this respect we welcomed Jenny Samms, an experienced senior public servant, CEO and Director to the Board. As always, our residents are the prime focus of our attention. We recognise the stresses the past year has had on people and families – in terms of household costs and the impact of the pandemic. While the past 12 months have been difficult, it has been less “dangerous” and more one of living doggedly and determinedly.
Coming out of the worst of the pandemic, the organisation stuck remarkably to our 5-year Business Plan, adjusting to new circumstances while also reaching inwards to consolidate our progress. The external environment was increasingly troubling with global and new geo-political factors emerging or the first time in a generation. Not only in Eastern Europe but also in the Pacific, we saw destabilising factors emerge. They have had very local expressions as living costs sky-rocketed, interest rates escalated and the building industry over-heated. Real estate pricing during the pandemic ballooned by more than 35% with private rentals (especially in regional areas) severely affected. In all of this Housing Choices has, in the second year of ‘COVID normal’, adjusted its business and operating model, adapting to flexible working and maintaining high levels of targeted outcomes.
Heath
HOUSING CHOICES is in good shape with another strong year of service, growth, and financial results.
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