ABC Compass Program on older women and homelessness
16/03/2023
The first Compass program for the year is on women over 55 who find themselves without a home. The Women’s Housing Company was involved, with CEO Debbie Georgopoulos interviewed for this prog [...]
A Wrap For 2022
11/12/2022
The Women’s Housing Company Annual General Meeting was a great celebration with many tenants, Directors, staff, and stakeholders. Aunty Ann Weldon opened with a warm welcome to Country and th [...]
Director Site Visit
15/07/2022
Our Homelessness Support Services Team spent a morning with WHC Directors and CEO, sharing stories on the difference we make to women’s lives through sound service provision, along with provi [...]
International Women's Day 2022
08/03/2022
The Women's Housing Company celebrated International Women's Day 2022 today, taking the pledge to [...]
Women and Homelessness – The Difference We Make
02/08/2021
The Women’s Housing Company released a video on Women and Homelessness, featuring some of our clients and staff. This is particularly timely in the context of Homelessness Week 2021. This vid [...]
WHC Offices Temporarily Closed
25/06/2021
Following the NSW Government’s latest COVID-19 health advice, we are temporarily closing our offices from Monday 28 June to protect tenants, contractors and staff.Home visits / propert [...]
Official Launch - WHC Units in Campsie
15/03/2021
The Women's Housing Company is pleased to officially open new social housing in Campsie. The Hon. Gareth Ward, Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services delivered an address an [...]
Housing and jobs: A home is where the start is
18/01/2021
With the help of UTS students, the Women’s Housing Company (WHC) has scoped out a new program to help tenants secure work.Students from the University of Technology, Sydney’s (UT [...]
2020 Virtual Annual General Meeting
09/11/2020
Due to extraordinary circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and for the continued safety of everyone in our community, the Women’s Housing Company 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) [...]
Ecstra Foundation Supports the Women’s Housing Company with Rapid Response Funding
03/06/2020
We’d like to thank Ecstra Foundation for their generous funding to aid our COVID19 response. As much of Australia starts to emerge from lockdown, many of our older and immunocompr [...]
Sydney Architectural Festival – Making. Housing. Affordable.
16/11/2019
The Women’s Housing Company CEO, Debbie Georgopoulos presented on “A Place to Call Home” at the Sydney Architectural Festival on Saturday 16 November. This year’s theme was [...]
NSW Government & Community Housing Sector Celebrate Management Transfer of 14,000 Tenancies
11/10/2019
The NSW Government and 10 community housing providers celebrated the successful management transition of some 14,000 tenancies over the past 12 months, including the delivery of private rental assi [...]
Winner Excellence in Affordable Housing, 2019 UDIA Awards - Woolloomooloo Women’s Housing Project
05/08/2019
The Woolloomooloo Women’s Housing Project won the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Award for Excellence in Affordable Development and a Commendation for Excellence [...]
Social Housing Service System Coordination in Northern Sydney
06/08/2019
Link Housing, SGCH and Bridge Housing with Women’s Housing Company are working collaboratively to lead the social housing system in Northern SydneySince December 2018, we have led the [...]
Annual General Meeting 2018
30/11/2018
The Women’s Housing Company Annual General Meeting was held on 29 November 2018 in Sydney. Over 70 tenants, staff and guests from partner organisations attended the event. Wendy McCarthy AO w [...]
Photography Workshop
13/08/2018
A group of intrepid Women’s Housing Company tenants participated in a photography workshop on location at the Royal Botanic Garden on 7 August.Photographer, Mary Perkins, gave a tutori [...]
ABC Interview With The Women's Housing Company CEO
16/03/2018
Older people and new migrants more at risk of homelessness - ABC Radio Life Matters. In March, the Women's Housi [...]
Community events over the holiday period
20/12/2022
If you want to get out and about into the community over the holiday, there are several free lunch events across Sydney and Newcastle.AshfieldWhat: Bill Crews Foundat [...]
Ministerial Media Event with WHC
05/08/2022
For Homelessness Week 2022, it was great to highlight older women's homelessness and speak about our new housing in Peakhurst. The Peakhurst property is the second to be completed in a program [...]
Upper House Inquiry into Homelessness Amongst Older People
19/07/2022
The Standing Committee for the Upper House inquiry into Homelessness Amongst Older People Aged Over 55 in NSW visited some of our tenants at Warwick Farm to hear their perspectives and experiences, [...]
Celebrating 40 Years of Service
01/03/2022
This is a very special year for the Women’s Housing Company as we mark our 40 Years of Service, providing housing and homelessness support services to women and their children. Established 4 [...]
ABC Life Matters – Dealing with Insecure Housing While Ageing
12/07/2021
In July, Debbie Georgopoulos (CEO, WHC), along with Dr Debbie Faulkner spoke about women’s homelessness on ABC Life Matters. Listeners from around the country called in, sharing their thought [...]
$1M Boost For Social Housing And Jobs Across Greater Sydney
31/03/2021
The Women’s Housing Company has been granted almost $1 million by the NSW Government to upgrade 162 social housing properties to support women in need across Greater Sydney.This progra [...]
'Unseen' Project Raises Awareness About Women’s Homelessness
08/03/2021
'Unseen' is a collaborative multimedia project by the Women’s Electoral Lobby NSW and Blur Projects, supported by many organisations including the Women’s Housing Company. The e [...]
Video on Older Women and Homelessness
25/11/2020
Older women are the fastest growing group of homeless in Australia. How does this happen and what can be done? We are pleased to share with you a video produced by Jane Thomson for the Women’ [...]
Tenant Satisfaction Survey Results 2020
08/07/2020
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Tenant Satisfaction Survey 2020. Your valuable feedback is shaping our operations. [...]
Be Kind Sydney $10,000 Emergency Relief Grant
11/05/2020
We’d like to thank the Be Kind Sydney fund for their generous $10,000 emergency relief grant which will go towards supporting women in urgent need.Since the beginning of the COVID-19 c [...]
Annual General Meeting 2019
12/11/2019
The Women's Housing Company AGM was held on Tuesday 12 November. It was a full house at UTS, which was a wonderful day celebrating with tenants, Directors, staff and many other colleagues and s [...]
ABC Radio Focus Program - Women’s Housing Company speaking up on older women’s homelessness
11/10/2019
On World Homeless Day, ABC Radio with Cassie McCullough devoted the whole program to older women. Debbie Georgopoulos represented the Women's Housing Company, along with Beverley Baker from the [...]
Woollahra Council working with the Women’s Housing Company to provide housing for families impacted by domestic violence
05/08/2019
Survivors of domestic and family violence now have the opportunity to secure subsidised accommodation as part of a new partnership established by Woollahra Council with the Women’s Housing Co [...]
Experts call for urgent action on older women’s homelessness
02/05/2019
The National Older Women’s Housing and Homelessness Working Group is calling on all political parties to prioritise measures to address the rapid rise of older women experiencing housing stre [...]
New Supported Transition and Engagement Program (STEP) To House 90 Homeless People
17/10/2018
Nine rough sleepers already have a roof over their heads thanks to a new $12 million homelessness program being managed by a partnership between The Women’s Housing Company, Bridge Housing an [...]
A Terrific Day Out
06/06/2018
On 29 May, 10 tenants joined Women’s Housing Company Community Engagement Co-ordinator, Fiona Forrest, on a whistle stop tour of the Art Gallery of NSW, followed by the Vivid Sydney festival. [...]
Partnership Win For Northern Beaches
17/10/2017
Leading Sydney community housing organisations, Bridge Housing and the Women’s Housing Company have been awarded the NSW Government tender to manage 1,201 public housing tenancies in the nort [...]
Your Say Day
20/07/2022
We held our annual Your Say Day this week, an event designed to connect with our tenants and co-create solutions to support our community's well-being. A great day with lots of ideas. [...]
Home at Last: Solutions to End Homelessness of Older People in NSW
10/03/2022
The foundation for equality is safe, affordable and long-term housing. Older people are increasingly at risk of or experiencing homelessness. Having to navigate homelessness when we're older is [...]
Tenant Satisfaction Survey Action Plan 2021-22
22/04/2022
Following analysis of our most recent Tenant Satisfaction Survey results, we have developed an action plan of service improvements based on your feedback. The action plan will be monitored by the T [...]
New Repairs and Maintenance Service
01/07/2021
From 1 July 2021, the Women’s Housing Company has a new contract for the delivery of repairs and maintenance for our properties. Assett Group Services has been selected to deliver the new con [...]
New WHC Housing in Heckenberg
26/03/2021
The Women's Housing Company has worked closely with the NSW Land and Housing Corporation on the first of a number of new developments for older women. Thank you to everyone that worked hard to [...]
Microsoft Donation
01/03/2021
The Women's Housing Company would like to sincerley thank Microsoft for another generous donation of laptops to support our work. Following a year of hard work supporting our clients, the smile [...]
New Housing in Campsie
10/11/2020
The Women's Housing Company is excited to announce we have purchased two blocks of units to provide social and affordable housing for women. Sixteen units in total for older women, women with c [...]
Assett Group Services Donate Essential Food Packs To Women’s Housing Company Tenants
04/06/2020
Women’s Housing Company tenants received some extra support this week in the shape of essential food packs from Assett Group Services. Bags were hand packed and delivered to grateful tenants [...]
Official Opening – Pendle Hill Older Women’s Social Housing
11/02/2020
The Women’s Housing Company celebrated the official opening of the new social housing for older women in Pendle Hill. The Hon. Gareth Ward, Minister for Families, Communities and Disability S [...]
Official Launch of the Northern Beaches Housing Hub
31/10/2019
The Women’s Housing Company, in partnership with Bridge Housing officially celebrated the launch of the new Northern Beaches Housing Hub, which is a revitalised community facility in Brookval [...]
Northern Beaches Transition Complete
06/08/2019
This week, the Women’s Housing Company, in partnership with Bridge Housing, officially started delivering services to social housing residents in the Northern Beaches. Together wi [...]
WHC Tenants Day 2019
29/07/2019
On Thursday 27 June, almost 60 tenants took part in WHC Tenants Day.The informative day started with Housing Services Manager, Kylie Lindsay, sharing the latest Women's Housing Company n [...]
Community Greening Project
11/02/2019
A big thank you from the Women’s Housing Company to the Liverpool City Garden Project team for transforming some of our tenant gardens into budding community spaces.The collaboration i [...]
Older Women Retiring Into Poverty
22/08/2018
Older single women are the fastest growing cohort of people experiencing homelessness and most of them have never been homeless before. The National Older Women’s Housing and Home [...]
Loneliness is the New Smoking
29/05/2018
As the housing crisis worsens, what happens to single women who don’t own a home, who are [...]
New Housing For Older Women In Woolloomooloo
17/08/2017
Thursday 17 August marked the handing over of keys from the Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) to the Women's Housing Company for 20 new units in the heart of Woolloomooloo. The ke [...]