Link Wentworth is formed and becomes one of the biggest Community Housing Providers in the state, with nearly 6,400 properties and 10,000 residents.
Proportionally, social housing as a percentage of the population is at its lowest rate in 40 years.
Federal and state government make the biggest post-war commitments to increase social housing.
Link Housing and Wentworth Community Housing merge to become Link Wentworth in April 2021.
The NSW government introduces the Together Home program in 2020 to help combat homelessness in NSW. Link Wentworth becomes the largest provider of the program in the state, helping 155 people with shelter and wraparound support services.
Link Wentworth partners with Landcom to deliver 135 affordable properties in the City of Ryde.
The project is due to be completed by 2027.
Tenant profile – 2024
Households are mostly single occupants or sole parents.
The average weekly wage in Australia is $1,889. For community housing tenants it is $565. They pay average weekly rent of $141, or 25% Rent to Income ratio.
In October 2020, Wentworth Community Housing completes building of a micro-unit complex in St Marys, providing accommodation for women at risk of homelessness over the age of 45.
After 30 years of community lobbying, Link Wentworth opened Ngarrunga in 2023 in partnership with the Women’s Cottage and a number of other community services. Ngarrunga is a women’s and children’s safety service in the Hawkesbury.
Collaborations with Youth Support Services like Taldumande enable us to provide security and brighter futures for young people like Renata.
By 2024, Link Wentworth manages nearly 6,400 properties, with 10,000 residents.
This is three times as many homes and people than were in the entire Community Tenancy Scheme program when it began forty years earlier.
In April 2024, there are 58,218 people on the social housing waitlist. Our work to continue building brighter futures continues.