Membership requirements

All PowerHousing members are approved on the basis that they fulfill the following seven membership criteria.

PowerHousing members must be/have a:

• Mission-Driven organisations – independent organisations with the objective of providing affordable housing and related services to low/middle income families
• Sound businesses – financial viable organisations with strong executive bodies and professional management, staff and system
• Significant impact – develop, finance or provide high impact initiatives which are at  ‘best practice’  level in a given geographical region
• Public-private partnerships – members must be established business organisations that are currently facilitating partnerships with government and private entities, or are planning to do so in the near future
• Regional scope – Operate on a regional or nationwide basis with accountability to civic leadership  of the area they serve
• Collaborative culture – a history of collaborating  with peer organisations to improve current practices and to seek out new opportunities
• Readiness for peer-to-peer exchange - readiness to engage in peer-to-peer exchanges whereby, members share best practice ideas, share learning and innovation and develop performance standards and benchmarks with their peers. This also includes a readiness to collaborate with other members to identify and develop affordable housing opportunities

The capability statement is then reviewed by the 3-panel PowerHousing Board, who will contact referees and conduct one-on-one interviews to discern suitability for membership.  If the organisation meets the membership criteria the submission will be referred onto the members for election.

Organisational Capability Statement (54 KB)