Housing services

Homeground-SHASP

Social Housing Advocacy and Support Program : SHASP Advocacy and Support Workers will help tenants and housing applicants most in need by providing extensive, longer term and ongoing support for complex issues, and efficient, speedy referrals for more straightforward problems. Under this new program, social housing tenants will receive specific and practical help to sustain their tenancies, including developing plans to repay rent arrears, referrals to financial counsellors or expert services to address family breakdown, mental health issues and disability support whilst also helping tenants overcome literacy and language difficulties. Older tenants will be top priority for the support workers as they make up 40% of public housing tenants and often have high support needs. Enquiries to Homeground.

122 Chapel Street  St Kilda
Phone: (03) 9537 7888

Homeground Housing Services 

Housing information and referral service (includes financial assistance for housing related expenses such as rent in advance, removals and in some instances help with white goods). Homeground Services also operate weekly outreach sessions at St Kilda Crisis Centre, 29 Grey Street St Kilda and City of Port Phillip, Community Services, 222 Bank Street, South Melbourne.

122 Chapel Street, St Kilda VIC 3182
Housing Information & Referral Phone: 9537 7711 Fax: 9537 7722
Tenancy Management & General Enquiries Phone: 9537 7999 Fax: 9537 7797
website: www.homeground.org.au

Tenants Union of Victoria

55 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Telephone (03) 9416 2577

Port Phillip  Housing Association Ltd

Community managed flats and rooming houses in St Kilda and Port Melbourne, particularly targeting long term residents of Port Phillip.

Unit 6, 22-28 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.
Telephone (03) 9534 5837

St Kilda Community Housing Ltd

Community rooming houses in St Kilda.

2 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.
Telephone (03) 9534 1809

Southport Community Housing Group

Community rooming houses in Port and South Melbourne.

259 Dorcas Street, South Melbourne.
Telephone (03) 9696 1128
website: www.spchg.org.au

Hanover Southbank (Hanover Welfare Service)

52 Haig Street, South Melbourne.
Telephone (03) 9699 4566

Hanover Family Services

Provides accomodation and support to families (sibling groups, parents with dependent children in their care, multi-generational families and pregnant women).

217 Cecil Street, South Melbourne.
Telephone (03) 9696 5044

St Kilda Crisis Contact Centre (Salvation Army)

Short term and supported accommodation for families

29 Grey Street, St Kilda.
Telephone (03) 9536 7777

Prahran Malvern Community Housing

Community Rooming Houses in Prahran and Elsternwick

Shop 2, 1 Surrey Rd Sth Yarra
Telephone (03) 9826 5194 only Monday to Friday 9.00am-5.00pm.

For a detailed listing of housing and support options for high care/nursing homes, low care/hostels and supported residential services, browse our Aged Accommodation section.

Use eServices to ask us a question, request information or give us feedback online about housing support. If you prefer phone ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 and ask for housing and information services.