South Port Community Housing Group

South Port Community Housing Group (SPCHG) was formed by community initiative in 1983 to provide long-term, secure, affordable rental housing. We are proudly community focused and maintain high standards of accountability, transparency, and ethics in everything we do. Our point of difference is our approach. We deliver sensitive and compassionate tenancy management and support, quality housing, and a sense of community to single adults who are homeless or in housing crisis. We reach a wide range of people who have experienced homelessness and social exclusion in the Port Phillip, Stonnington and Glen Eira municipalities.

Priority allocation of housing is given to people in their local area to help retain important networks of support and connections to their community. We currently manage over 380 tenancies. Around 38 per cent of our renters are on a Disability Support Pension, 15 per cent on the Age Pension, and 38 per cent on a JobSeeker income payment. In the last decade we have created more than 100 new affordable unit homes exclusively for marginalised singles in greatest need.

SPCHG’s Youth Housing Support Program (YHSP) supports single young people (16-25) and single parents who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Inner South and South East regions of Melbourne. The program aims to identify the root causes of homelessness and move young people out of the homelessness system by focusing on developing connections and opportunities in employment, education, mental health and family supports.

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