92%
reported good or excellent
access to safe and
affordable housing
SOCIAL & AFFORDABLE HOUSING IMPACT REPORT 2026
More Than
a Key in
the Door
The Impact of Anglicare's Social and Affordable Housing
A safe and affordable home provides more than shelter. It creates the stability people need to feel secure, access support, rebuild connections and look to the future.
Anglicare’s housing impact study examined residents’ experiences across housing stability, safety, access to support, social connection, empowerment, health and wellbeing. It found that residents experience strong outcomes when affordable housing, secure tenure, practical support and community connection work together.
Download the full report ⤓Anglicare Housing at a glance
803
social and affordable homes across 22 locations
1,100
residents housed since 2019
91%
resident satisfaction with Anglicare housing (2026)
More than a home...
Anglicare's housing model combines safe and affordable housing with practical support.
Key elements of the model include:
✓
Flexible support through Tenancy Support Coordinators or Intensive Tenancy Support
✓
Tenancy management
✓
Long-term housing security
✓
Connections to place, services and referral pathways
Our Impact on Residents
A safe and stable place to call home
Residents are experiencing greater housing stability and safety through access to affordable housing and practical support. Many have previously experienced housing instability, homelessness, domestic violence or ongoing uncertainty about where they will live.
93%
reported good or excellent
personal safety
91%
felt confident about
sustaining a long-term
tenancy
A foundation to thrive
Residents are experiencing stronger wellbeing, confidence and community connection because they have a stable home and opportunities to participate in community life.
92%
know where to get help
when they need it
95%
felt a sense of belonging
to their community
91%
felt they had a safe and
secure future
Holly's story
For years, Holly lived with housing insecurity, rising rents and ongoing financial pressure. After losing her partner and moving between family members' homes, she faced uncertainty about where she would live and whether she could afford to stay there.
Previous housing experiences had also left her feeling unsafe and constantly on guard. Everything changed when Holly moved into Anglicare Housing. For the first time in years, she had a secure and affordable place to call home.
Today, she describes her unit as "my little piece of heaven" and values both the safety of her home and the supportive community around her.
“This is my home. It's my place of security and peace.”
What can be done?
Building a future where more people can access safe, affordable and supportive housing will require coordinated action.
Fund housing and support together
Provide ongoing funding for tenancy support, service navigation and wraparound services alongside social and affordable housing.
Measure tenancy sustainment and resident wellbeing, not only housing supply
Track whether residents remain housed, feel safe, experience wellbeing, access support and stay connected to their communities.
Protect the long-term affordability of publicly supported housing
Ensure publicly supported housing remains genuinely affordable for low-income households and is protected from expiring subsidies, sale or conversion to market rent.
Design accessible, safe and well-located housing for people at greatest risk of homelessness
Support accessible, safe, private and well-located housing for groups facing heightened homelessness risks, particularly older women.
Strengthen income support, rental assistance and homelessness prevention services
Increase income support and Commonwealth Rent Assistance, while expanding homelessness prevention, tenancy sustainment and financial counselling.
Grow social and affordable housing through long-term investment, suitable government land and planning reform
Establish a long-term housing pipeline, increase capital funding, use suitable government land and strengthen planning mechanisms such as inclusionary zoning.
Anglicare Social and
Affordable Housing Impact Report 2026
Latest update: October 2026
Anglicare acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the original and ongoing custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work.
Inspired by the gospel of reconciliation in Jesus Christ, Anglicare's vision for reconciliation is a nation in which Australia's First Peoples are restored in dignity, respect, empowerment and opportunity.
Inspired by the gospel of reconciliation in Jesus Christ, Anglicare's vision for reconciliation is a nation in which Australia's First Peoples are restored in dignity, respect, empowerment and opportunity.