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What's on this page?
  1. Accessing Social Housing
  2. Accessing Community Housing
  3. Accessing Homelessness Services
  4. Accessing the Aboriginal Housing Office
  5. Relevant Resources
  6. Useful phone apps
  7. Specific Local Government Areas (LGAs) that have been identified as at-risk
  8. List of Community Housing Providers located in at-risk disaster areas
Accessing Social Housing
  • Social housing is made up of two types of housing, government run public housing and not for profit community housing
  • Public housing in NSW is managed by the NSW State Government ‘Homes NSW’
  • If you need to apply for Housing you can apply here
  • You can also apply over the phone. Call the Housing Contact Centre on 1800 422 322, Monday to Friday: between 9am and 5pm to complete your form.
Accessing Community Housing
  • Community housing is managed by not-for-profit organisation.
  • People who are eligible for public housing are also eligible for community housing.
  • You can apply for Community Housing here
  • Or you can contact individual Community Housing Organisations.
Accessing Homelessness Services
  • Specialist homelessness services can help women, men, young people, families, Aboriginal people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. If you need to access a homelessness support service you can find one by area at the following link: https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/housing/help/ways/services
  • You can also ring the Housing Contact Centre Phone: 1800 422 322, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or Link2home Homelessness Phone: 1800 152 152 24 hours per day / 7 days per week. Open every day of the year. 
Accessing the Aboriginal Housing Office
Relevant Resources
Useful apps you can download. All are available either on Google Play or Apple Store
  • ABC Listen – this supports emergency management but is also the generic ABC app. It has podcasts, live radio and audiobooks
  • Australian Red Cross – Get Prepared – this is an easy-to-use app that empowers people to make important decisions ahead of time by completing your RediPlan. Co-created by Australian Red Cross and NRMA Insurance, it helps you create a personal emergency plan, so you can take care of yourself, your loved ones, and what’s important to you.
  • BOM Weather – check weather forecasts and warnings
  • Emergency Plus – The Emergency+ app is a free app developed by Australia’s emergency services and their government and industry partners. The app uses GPS functionality built into smart phones to help a Triple Zero (000) caller provide critical location details required to mobilise emergency services.
  • First Aid IFRC – this has been created by The Global First Aid Reference Centre (GFARC), with the French Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Customised by the Australian Red Cross for evidence-based first aid advice relevant to Australians.â€Ŋ
  • Hazards Near Me NSW – allows you to set up a ‘watch zone’ to receive notifications on changing conditions
  • Live Traffic NSW – assists in planning trips and identifies hazards
  • NSW SES Hazards Watch – Hazards Near Me shows current information about local emergencies, including floods, bushfire and tsunamis, and advice on what to do to stay safe. The app can send you push notifications when there are new incidents or when information changes.
  • RFS Fires Near Me – this app provides an overview of any fires, including planned burn-offs across the state. It can be set to specific locations
  • Willy Weather – delivering accurate local weather, from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and other weather providers.
Specific LGA have been identified as being a risk of flood or bush fires.
  • Bushfires: Blue Mountains, Eurobodalla, Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Shoalhaven and Bega.
  • Floods: Lismore, Ballina, Byron Shire, Tweed, Hawkesbury Nepean, Clarence Valley, Coonamble
  • Vulnerable to heat waves impacts: Walgett, Brewarrina, Bourke, Cobar and Carrathool.
List of Community Housing Providers located in at risk disaster areas:

Please use the below table to search for Community Housing Providers in the above identified risk areas. You can use the Control/Command + F feature to search for your relevant region or suburb.

Region CHP Email Phone Number Address
Ballina North Coast Community Housing info@nrh.org.au (02) 6627 5300  Suite 1, Level 1
29 Molesworth Street, Lismore   
Bega Valley Haven Place george.kennaugh@yahoo.com.au 02 6494 1343     Main Street, New Haven
Bega Valley Southern Cross Community Housing       info@scch.org.au 02-4421-5145   

Shop 9, 81-83 Auckland Street, Bega

69 Kinghorne street, Nowra
Blue Mountains Link Wentworth Housing Limited enquiries@linkhousing.org.au 4777 8000          6/10 Station St, Katoomba
Blue Mountains Mission Australia Housing housingenquiries@missionaustralia.com.au 1800-269-672 -0247243000        46 Bringelly Road Kingswood     
Blue Mountains St Vincent de Paul Housing contact@vinnies.org.au 02-9568-0298 2-6 Civic Place Katoomba            
Byron Northern Rivers Housing info@nrh.org.au 02-6627-5300

Lismore Suite 1, Level 1
29 Molesworth Street
Tweed Heads

42A Wharf Street
Grafton

119 Pound Street
Byron Central Coast Baptist Care (Accommodation option Lismore for over 55s) ask@baptistcare.org.au 1300-275-277  
Byron Community Housing Limited nswinfo@chl.org.au 02-9891-7600   
Phone 1300 CHL Housing		  
Byron Evolve Housing Limited info@evolvehousing.com.au 02-8862-1500 1800 693 865 Henry Dodd House 9-13 Argyle Street, Parramatta
Byron Home & Place reception@homeinplace.org
              centralcoast@homeinplace.org		 02-4920-2600 1300 333 733       357-359 Mann Street, North Gosford
Byron Pacific Link Housing Limited info@pacificlink.org.au 02-4324-7617 Suite G02, 280 Mann Street, Gosford
Byron St Vincent de Paul Housing Australia contact@vinnies.org.au 02-9568-0298  
Byron Uniting (NSW.ACT) uniting@uniting.org (02) 4355 8900
1800 864 846  (02) 93761400    		 38 Pacific Highway, Wyong
Clarence Valley Anglicare – North Coast  admin@anglicarenc.org.au 02-6643-4844   
(02) 6651 8764
(02) 6643 4844 		 59–61 Grafton Street, Coffs Harbour
Clarence Valley Northern Rivers Housing info@nrh.org.au (02) 66429100 02-6627-5300      119 Pound Street, Grafton
Eurobodalla Southern Cross Community Housing Ltd info@scch.org.au 02-4421-5145    Shop 4/13 Clyde Street, Batemans Bay   
Hawkesbury Link Wentworth Housing Limited enquiries@linkhousing.org.au 13 14 21 –
02 47265500
02-9412-5111   

142 Katoomba Street Katoomba.

1000 /29-57 Station Street Penrith Level 2 Westfield Penrith
Lake Macquarie Home In Place reception@homeinplace.org 02-4920-2600 1300 333 733       Suite 1/44 Beaumont Street, Hamilton. 
Lake Macquarie Pacific Link Housing Limited info@pacificlink.org.au 02-4324-7617     
Lake Macquarie St Vincent de Paul Housing contact@vinnies.org.au 02-9568-0298     
Lake Macquarie Uniting property (Over 55s) @nswact.uca.org.au 1300 133 673      
Lake Macquarie Wesley Community Services communityhousing@wesleymission.org.au 1800 770 602      
Lismore Baptist Care NSW & ACT (Over 55s) ask@baptistcare.org.au 1300-275-277    Dibbs Street, Lismore
Lismore Northern Rivers Housing Community Housing info@nrh.org.au 02-6627-5300    Suite 1, Level 1 29 Molesworth 
Shoalhaven Housing Trust info@housingtrust.org.au 02 4254 1166 Level 7/5 Bridge Street, Coniston
Shoalhaven Southern Cross Community Housing info@scch.org.au 02-4421-5145   

69 Kinghorne street, Nowra

154 Bolong Road, Bomaderry NSW

118-120 Princes Highway, Ulladulla
Taree Community Housing Limited chl.org.au 1300245468 185 Victoria Street Taree             
Tweed Northern Rivers Housing Community info@nrh.org.au 07 5523 5800     42A Wharf Street Tweed Heads

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