We get our own inhouse IT team and Fresh IT launches
We announce merger with Active Community Housing
We celebrate Naidoc Week
Five new staff inducted as Praetorians (10+ years of service)
We become the first and only housing association in the world to receive the ISO certification for our asset management system
We mark Homelessness Week
All Staff Day in Melbourne
We get together with Orange Sky Laundry and local barbers to provide hot meals, a laundry service, and haircuts for clients
Our NRAS Program Manager Danni completes Runs for a Cause to raise over $1,000 for Sydney Myer Haven
Blankets donated for clients via the 300 Blankets program
Free haircuts for clients in Preston thanks to Barbers of Brunswick
Minister for Housing Richard Wynne MP turns first sod at Mildura as part of Accommodation for Homelessness Program, as build starts
ActiveSDA Quality and Safeguards Project commences
Leader of the Australian Labor Party, Anthony Albanese and Federal Member for Bendigo Lisa Chesters visit Sidney Myer Haven and meet tenants
We mark World Homelessness Day
We participated in the Victorian Homelessness Conference
We are nominated for three Victorians Homelessness Achievement Awards
HeyVan and HeyYou-t in the spotlight
We mark Mental Health Week
Attend the Australasian Housing Institute 2019 Social Housing Leaders Forum
We receive $2 million in rent support funding for vulnerable families
We undertake a private briefing with Assistant Minister for Community Housing, Homelessness and Community Service Luke Howarth MP
Participation in 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence in Victoria
Our Board of Directors travel to Mildura for the Annual General Meeting
We host major meet-and-greet stakeholder event in Mildura
We are the first housing association in Australia to receive $65M from National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC)
Yumi Stynes visits our Bendigo office to find out more about the work we do
Annual Stakeholder Meeting cancelled as skies turn black over Bendigo and Code Red called
Annual Report 2018-2019 released
We receive two nominations for PowerHousing Australia Awards
Federal Member for Dunkley, Peta Murphy MP, praises our Wattlewood development
We mark International Day of People with Disability
The Lockwood Uniting Church ladies knit blankets and toys for our clients
We celebrate Human Rights Day
Client Christmas party
Staff Christmas party
Good Neighbour Awards nominations open
State of disaster declared in Victoria due to bushfires
HeyYou-t participates in A Good Kind program
DHHS funding for 50 new head lease properties for women and children fleeing family violence
Minister for Housing Richard Wynne MP takes a closer look at the great work carried out by mobile outreach HeyVan and HeyYou-t
Independent audit commences to certify Haven; Home, Safe against the NDIS Practice Standards
We launch Our Credo
Deputy CEO/COO Trudi Ray speaks at Australasian Housing Institute’s International Women’s Day breakfast
We celebrate the inspirational women of HHS #IWD2020
We don orange to celebrate Harmony Day
State of Emergency declared in Victoria due to the coronavirus pandemic
Business Continuity Management Committee swings into action to plan new ways of working with both clients, tenants, and staff
We pivot our services including our concierge service from face-to-face to a virtual service to mitigate risk of infection to clients or staff
Events cancelled and HeyVan and HeyYou-t are taken off the road
All staff receive laptops and mobiles
#wereinthistogether
Chair and CEO livestream message to all staff re: impact of COVID-19
80% of staff start working from home
Doors remain open for homeless clients
Working From Home guide rolled out
COVID-19 plan for Community Sector rolled out
Staff share working from home stories
We get familiar with Zoom meetings and Microsoft Teams meetings
Client meetings pivot to be conducted via phone
A day in the life of working from home
Healthy habits while working from home
CEO Ken Marchingo AM talks to CEO of Incommunities, UK Geraldine Howley OBE via Facebook Live; the first in our Life in Lockdown webinar series
Gift cards and working from home allowances instituted for all staff
$200k a year boost for 198 new NRAS allocations
Deputy CEO/COO Trudi Ray reappointed to Australasian Housing Institute board
We mark National Sorry Day and Reconciliation Week
CEO Ken Marchingo AM talks to CEO of Canada’s Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation via Facebook Live as part of our Life in Lockdown webinar series
Bendigo tenants receive haircut vouchers
Tenant Bob Guy wins DHHS Victoria in Bloom Garden Competition for Best First Year Entered Garden
CEO Ken Marchingo AM talks to CEO of Winterwood Inc, Kentucky USA as part of our Life in Lockdown webinar series
HHS receives recommendation for SDA certification with NDIS Commission
We adjust to the #newnormal
We receive a City of Manningham Community Emergency Relief grant of $13,500 to install hand sanitisers in our 10-storey Tram Road property
ActiveSDA service officially launches
We mark World Refugee Day
Life Emerging from Lockdown webinar talking to Dee Walsh from Mercy Housing Inc (USA)
We report six-fold increase in people seeking crisis housing in Preston
Life Emerging from Lockdown webinar talking to Michael Newey, CEO of Broadland Housing Association (UK)
We switch to new 1300 number 1300 428 364
Chair Sue Clarke retires from the Board of Directors and we welcome the appointment of new Chair Damien Tangey
