Submission to the ACNC Consultation on the Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement: Charities’ Provision of Housing
National Shelter welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Charities and Not-
for-profits Commission’s (ACNC) Consultation on the Commissioner’s Interpretation Statement (CIS) on the provision of housing by charities. As Australia’s peak housing advocacy body, we strongly support the ACNC’s efforts to clarify and modernise the framework for charitable housing, ensuring it stays responsive to the evolving needs of communities, and the changing policy, funding, and governance settings.
Our submission endorses the CIS’s recognition of a broad range of charitable housing activities, including social and affordable housing, key worker housing, shared equity, and pathways to home ownership. We encourage the ACNC to ensure the CIS remains flexible and inclusive, explicitly acknowledging the intersection of housing need with factors such as poverty, disability, cultural background, and homelessness.
