Building MA Housing brick by brick

“Mission Australia Housing (MA Housing) has a big picture vision for urban regeneration and transformation; a vision for healthy, well-functioning and integrated communities,” said Andrew McAnulty, the MA Housing Chief Executive Officer.

“As part of delivering this vision, we now operate in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, with plans to commence services in South Australia and, ideally, the Northern Territory by the end of 2010.”

For an organisation in its first year of operation, MA Housing has chalked up an impressive list of achievements.

“On 1 March, we took our 108th home into management. We have many more homes in the pipeline, including: six to be developed in Kingswood, 104 homes in Camperdown (to go on-site in June 2010) and 100 homes in various well-located sites around NSW.

“In February, we submitted an expression of interest for the stock transfer of social housing and the development of further affordable housing in NSW, and we are currently reviewing a significant opportunity in the Northern Territory,” said Andrew.

“We are in partnerships to provide 36 additional homes in Tasmania and a substantial project in Victoria, together with a range of further tenders and bids for funding,” said Andrew.

“The strength of the Mission Australia family has meant that we are also engaged in discussing opportunities with Government and other partners in South Australia and Western Australia, and we will shortly be taking forward discussions in Queensland.”

Andrew is well versed in the intricacies of delivering affordable housing. Prior to moving to Australia, he spent more than 15 years with three diverse housing associations in the UK, together with the multi-award winning Stonebridge Housing Action Trust, one of London’s largest single site regeneration schemes.

“It is incredibly exciting to be at Mission Australia Housing. I believe that we will succeed in creating something special if we focus on providing a very good quality customer focused service for our residents, whilst also linking into the strength of the services offered by Mission Australia,” said Andrew.

“With the continued support of Mission Australia, local, state and federal Governments, MA Housing intends to become a landlord of choice, providing a customer-orientated service and a range of housing solutions for those in housing need.”