In 2024, the Department of Communities (Communities) called for Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and a limited group of others (e.g. Aboriginal Community Housing Organisations and Disability Housing Providers) to apply for the Community Housing Prequalification Scheme.
The Scheme provides a more cohesive and impactful collaboration between the Western Australian Government and the community housing sector, with the aim of providing better social and affordable housing for those in need.
The Scheme facilitates the delivery of development opportunities through efficient, effective and flexible procurement by removing or reducing the requirement for Expression of Interest (EOI) processes in social and affordable housing across Communities, Development WA and Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage.
Current EOI processes add time, complexity and administrative burden as well as up-front costs to both CHPs and State agencies. By capturing information up-front and prequalifying CHPs for predetermined categories of development all parties will benefit.
How to apply
The first round of applications closed at 5pm, Friday 13 September 2024.
CHPs who have received prequalification status will remain in the Prequalification Scheme for a period of three years, after which they will be required to submit a new application for prequalification.
If prequalified CHPs need to update information or would like to be prequalified in additional categories, they can submit an application during the annual update with the additional information.
The Prequalification Scheme will open in the latter half of 2025 for the annual update.
Further information on the annual update will be provided closer to the process commencing.
For more information contact CHOPrequal@communities.wa.gov.au
Prequalified and provisionally prequalified Community Housing Providers
The below document includes a list of prequalified Community Housing Providers (CHPs) and provisionally prequalified Community Housing Organisations (CHOs).
Information session
An online information session was held for CHPs on 21 August 2024.
The session was recorded and can be viewed below, along with a copy of the presentation slides.
