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Central Coast housing program seeks funding protection after 100% secure-housing result
Revised rental terms and a higher managing-agency commission have been endorsed for the Transitional Housing Model, while Council asks Homes NSW to protect funding.
A Central Coast transitional housing program with a reported 100 per cent success rate in moving tenants into secure housing will operate under revised rental and management arrangements, with Council seeking funding protection from Homes NSW.
Central Coast Council endorsed changes to the commercial terms of its Transitional Housing Model to bring rental income into line with social housing rent settings. It also approved an increased commission rate for the managing agency, while recording that the agency’s level of service remains unchanged.
The same revenue and management approach will apply to future properties acquired for the Transitional Housing Model portfolio.
Council will write to relevant NSW Government ministers and departments, including Homes NSW, seeking a review of the Community Leasehold Program funding allocation for the Central Coast. It will also seek the restoration or protection of funding for high-performing local programs.
The model is intended to move tenants from transitional accommodation into secure housing. Its reported 100 per cent success rate was cited in Council’s request for continued support for the Central Coast program.
The unanimous resolution was supported by Mayor Lawrie McKinna, Mayor John McNamara, Deputy Mayor John Mouland, Deputy Mayor Rachel Stanton and the other councillors recorded in support.
For housing providers and managing agencies, the resolution establishes the commercial approach Council will use for the current program and future property acquisitions. For tenants and community organisations, it supports continuation of the program under revised rental and management terms.
The correspondence to NSW ministers and departments does not set a response date or announce a new dollar amount for the Central Coast program. It asks the NSW Government to review the funding allocation and protect support for the program.
Reference minutes
Central Coast Council considered and passed the transitional housing resolution at its Ordinary Council Meeting on 22 September 2026.
Key facts from the minutes
- Central Coast Council endorsed revised commercial terms for its Transitional Housing Model.
- Rental income will be realigned with social housing rent settings.
- Council approved an increased commission rate for the managing agency, while recording that the level of service remains unchanged.
- The same revenue and management approach will apply to future properties acquired for the program.
- Council will ask Homes NSW and other NSW Government departments to review and protect Community Leasehold Program funding for the Central Coast.
- The program reports a 100 per cent success rate in transitioning tenants into secure housing.
- The resolution passed with no councillors recorded against it.
Why it matters
- The revised arrangements support continuation of a Central Coast pathway from transitional accommodation to secure housing, while Council seeks to protect funding for a program it reports has moved every tenant into secure housing.