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Housing Australia launches Round 3 funding
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Housing Australia will open Round 3 of the Housing Australia Future Fund Facility (HAFF) and National Housing Accord Facility in late January 2026, with the aim of unlocking investment to deliver 55,000 new social and affordable homes under its national target.
What is Housing Australia?
Housing Australia is the Government's independent housing agency. It supports the delivery of Government programs to improve the supply of long-term social and affordable housing, and support home ownership for more Australians.
Housing Australia works in partnership with all levels of government, community housing providers (CHPs), institutional investors, banks, developers, landowners and construction companies to facilitate housing development and deliver more social and affordable housing across the country through its access to HAFF.
What funding is available through Round 3?
In Round 3, Housing Australia will offer:
- funding packages of various sizes encouraging industry partnerships led by Community Housing Providers and other eligible funding recipients;
- partnership opportunities for states and territories;
- $600 million in dedicated funding for First Nations housing organisations.
For this round, an open, on-demand, two-stage application process has been established to enable faster decisions. Housing Australia will also create a First Nations Concierge service to support First Nations housing organisations through the application process.
Funding will be allocated based on clear criteria to prioritise well-located, high-quality, and value-for-money projects that can deliver keys in doors as soon as possible. This includes developments across metropolitan and regional areas, designed to meet the needs of diverse tenant cohorts.
Industry briefing and more information
Housing Australia is providing an online industry briefing on the Round 3 funding from 12pm - 1pm AEDT on Wednesday 10 December 2025 with registrations now open.
This online forum is an opportunity to learn more about how the agency will work with community housing providers, state and territory governments, First Nations housing organisations, developers, builders, financiers and investors to deliver housing outcomes.
It will also provide information on eligibility and accreditation requirements for HAFF work.
Want to get accredited to perform HAFF work?
In some cases, accreditation under the federal Work Health and Safety Accreditation Scheme through the Office of the Federal Safety Commissioner is required (WHS Scheme) to be eligible to carry out this building work.
The WHS Scheme is a safety accreditation required to be held by a head contractor builder engaged to undertake building work funded by the Federal Government.
HIA has developed information to assist in determining whether the WHS Scheme applies to your building project and can assist you to obtain accreditation under the WHS Scheme.
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