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NCOSS Resources

NCOSS produces numerous submissions and reports on social policy, conference papers and other documents. This section of the site allows you to access an archive of our online documents. Content spans from 1997 to present, items older than 2 years will be found under the full listing for each category.

Housing

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NCOSS Submission: Thisdiscussion paper is essentially concerned with future arrangements forthe current Regional Tenant Resource Services (RTRS) and Public TenantCouncils/Tenant Representative Councils. In relation to these bodiesattention is very much focused on funding arrangements, rather thanbroader questions of philosophy or intended outcomes.
NCOSS Submission: NCOSS response to the recently released Discussion Paper on Residential Tenancy Law Reform: A New Direction, which follows from the July 2005 Options Paper Residential Tenancy Law Reform, to which NCOSS also responded.
NCOSS Submission: Community housing five year strategy for growth and sustainability 2007-2012
NCOSS made detailed comments on an earlier draft of the Protocol, dated November 2004. Many of the issues raised in our earlier submission still apply.
NCOSS Briefing Paper
NCOSS Briefing Paper on new income eligibility limits for public housing in NSW from 10 July 2006
NCOSS Submission: Reshaping Public Housing Targeting and Tenure Reforms: Proposed Access, Allocation and Tenure Framework
The Department of Housing released an information paper providing more detail on the policy framework for eligibility, allocation, transfers and tenancy duration in public housing. The package was progressively rolled out from 1 July 2006.
NCOSS is concerned that the Accord has essentially been released for consultation as a fait accompli. There was no input by the sector or tenant and consumer groups prior to the Accord framework being finalized by the Human Services CEOs Group.
NCOSS Submission: This submission concentrates on the first three terms of reference for the inquiry: current levels of funding for the development of new housing stock; the effectiveness and appropriateness of housing allocations, and the role of community housing in meeting the demand for social housing.