• Val’s Story

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    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 more

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    Category: Tenant Stories
  • WPI Appoints New CEO

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    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 more

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  • Tiffany’s Story

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    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 more

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    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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  • Shining a light on women’s homelessness with new awareness campaign

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    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 more

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  • 2023 AGM

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    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 more

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  • WPI partners with Arden Homes

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    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 more

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  • Women’s Property Initiatives set to double its impact with major social housing project

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    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 more

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  • WPI Partners With Local Residential

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    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 more

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  • WPI on ABC News Breakfast

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    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 more

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  • Fabulous results for WPI’s first ever Giving Day

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    We are completely overwhelmed by the generosity of our community in supporting our first ever Giving Day. After quickly surpassed our original target of $200,000, and our final figure of $442,660 is beyond our wildest dreams. Thank you to all who donated, this will change the lives of women and children experiencing homelessness and help ... Read more

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  • Mornington Peninsula Apartments

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    We are thrilled that tenants have moved into five new apartments on the Mornington Peninsula this week. These beautiful, light, bright spaces are now home to vulnerable women and children who have been been living in insecure housing. Some of these families have experience with domestic violence. WPI is incredibly grateful to Regenerate who have furnished these ... Read more

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  • The Nest

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    Property Industry Foundation’s Friends of the Foundation was held on  Thursday 11 May 2023 where Monica Fontaine from Built, the Chair of Property Industry Foundation’s Haven House Committee VIC, shared the exciting news that ground is about to be broken on The Nest site in Shepparton. The Nest is a partnership between the Property Industry Foundation, Women’s ... Read more

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