Social services & housingStatutory authorityExists today
Housing Australia
1 October 2023 – present
Previously National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (2018–2023).
National housing authority that funds social and affordable housing through the Housing Australia Future Fund Facility and bond finance, and runs the Home Guarantee Scheme and the Help to Buy shared equity scheme.
Names over time
- National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation2018–2023
- Housing Australia2023–present
How it came into existence
Renamed from the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation on 1 October 2023 by legislation accompanying the Housing Australia Future Fund Act 2023, which renamed its Act the Housing Australia Act 2018 and gave it responsibility for delivering housing funded from the Housing Australia Future Fund.
Legislation: Housing Australia Act 2018; Help to Buy Act 2024
Main functions
- Housing Australia Future Fund Facility funding for social and affordable housing
- Affordable housing bond finance for community housing providers
- National Housing Infrastructure Facility
- Home Guarantee Scheme for home buyers
- Help to Buy shared equity scheme
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of the Treasury.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Treasury
- Accountable authority
- Board – Housing Australia Act 2018 section 15, with reference to section 25 note (membership section 17)
- ABN
- 22 498 714 570
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 31 December 2023 to the latest release (30 June 2026))