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Val’s Story
Published on:Val’s Story “I was born in Carlton. I’m an inner-city person. I didn’t have any siblings so it was just me and my parents, and we were really close-knit. I cared for my parents in South Melbourne until they both passed away, and then I moved to country Victoria. I’d found myself in dire straits ... Read moreRead more of the post "Val’s Story"
Category: Tenant StoriesA team member’s perspective – Sue, WPI’s Office Manager
Published on:I recently showed prospective tenants through some new three-bedroom homes with great light and space. I was assisting another team member on this occasion and this is not something I do often.It certainly provided me with a new perspective. The first, was a young woman named Laura* viewing the property with her parents. Laura and ... Read moreRead more of the post "A team member’s perspective – Sue, WPI’s Office Manager"
Category: Tenant StoriesInternational Women’s Day Celebrations
Published on:It was wonderful to celebrate International Women’s Day at several events during March. We held our own IWD lunch at the beautiful Alexandra Club attended by 100 friends and supporters. It was a wonderful celebration of women with reflections on the great deal of work still to be done to achieve gender equality. Key note ... Read moreRead more of the post "International Women’s Day Celebrations"
Category: GeneralWPI Partners with Arden Homes
Published on:We are absolutely delighted to be joining forces with Arden Homes to improve the lives of women and women led families who have been living in housing crisis. In late 2023, Arden through the NEX Charitable Foundation donated $40,000 to help WPI support two families moving into new homes on the Mornington Peninsula with desperately needed furniture ... Read moreRead more of the post "WPI Partners with Arden Homes"
Category: GeneralWPI Appoints New CEO
Published on:Women’s Property Initiatives is delighted to announce the appointment of Roberta Buchanan as CEO, effective from 8 April, 2024. WPI’s Chair, Katie Struthers, said that Roberta was chosen to lead WPI into the future after an extensive and extremely competitive selection process. “She brings with her decades of experience in community housing, both here and ... Read moreRead more of the post "WPI Appoints New CEO"
Category: GeneralTiffany’s Story
Published on:I lived on a farm for 20 years, up in Rosebank in northern New South Wales. Now I’ve been in Melbourne for about a year and a half. In between moving from Rosebank to here, there was a three-year gap when I was unable to find accommodation. I was up in the Northern Rivers staying ... Read moreRead more of the post "Tiffany’s Story"
Category: Tenant Stories- Published on:Congratulations to the wonderful Jeanette Large, who last night received PowerHousing’s Outstanding Sector Leadership Award. Jeanette proudly accepted the award at a dinner held in the Great Hall at Parliament House in front of many friends and colleagues. It recognises a life time of work advocating for women and women’s access to secure and affordable ... Read more
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Category: General Shining a light on women’s homelessness with new awareness campaign
Published on:Every night 54,000 women don’t have a home to sleep in. This is the latest shocking figure from the 2021 Census and is a dramatic increase from 49,000 women in 2016. To help grow more awareness of this issue, Women’s Property Initiatives + Equality Media + Marketing have worked together to create a new brand ... Read moreRead more of the post "Shining a light on women’s homelessness with new awareness campaign"
Category: General2023 AGM
Published on:We were delighted to be able to gather with supporters and stakeholders last week for our first in person AGM for some time. Generously hosted by @arupgroup and with special guest speaker Emma Dawson from Per Capita it was a great opportunity to connect with people who have supported WPI over many years. Please read ... Read moreRead more of the post "2023 AGM"
Category: GeneralWPI partners with Arden Homes
Published on:In November we had the pleasure of presenting our work and some insights into the cohort of women that we work with to staff at Arden Homes Arden’s parent company NXT Building Group, who established the NXT Charitable Foundation, are partnering with WPI over the next three years to improve the lives of vulnerable women ... Read moreRead more of the post "WPI partners with Arden Homes"
Category: GeneralWomen’s Property Initiatives set to double its impact with major social housing project
Published on:Women and children will be the focus of a major social housing project to be managed by community housing specialists, including Women’s Property Initiatives. The Victorian Government’s 40-year Ground Lease Model 2 project will deliver 1370 new social, affordable, market rental and specialist disability homes, with WPI a key partner in the successful consortium, Building ... Read moreRead more of the post "Women’s Property Initiatives set to double its impact with major social housing project"
Category: Project UpdatesWPI Partners With Local Residential
Published on:WPI is thrilled to be partnering with Local Residential, a leading Build-to-Rent developer focused on creating positive social impact, to open the doors to more secure and affordable housing for women and children. Local’s first two projects will see 75 social housing residences delivered through our partnership and their model includes a minimum of 10% ... Read moreRead more of the post "WPI Partners With Local Residential"
Category: Project UpdatesWPI on ABC News Breakfast
Published on:Great to be part of the ABC News Breakfast coverage of our ongoing rental crisis on Friday. Madeleine Morris spoke with our tenants Tiffany and Sonny about the difference stable and affordable housing has made to their lives and our very own Lucy Simms about the need for investment to change the future for many ... Read moreRead more of the post "WPI on ABC News Breakfast"
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