Housing Support Program

About the Program

The Australian Government's $1.5 billion Housing Support Program (HSP) is one of a range of measures designed to help achieve the National Housing Accord's target of building 1.2 million new, well-located homes over 5 years from 1 July 2024. There are three streams under the HSP.

$500 million is available for state, territory and local governments over 2023–24 to 2024–25 for Stream 1 and the Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream. These streams support the delivery of increased housing supply by funding projects that seek to deliver enabling infrastructure and provide amenities to support new housing development or improve building planning capability.

Stream 1

Stream 1 aims to provide funding to state, territory and local governments for projects which will improve planning capability. This includes resources to support increased delivery of new housing and master planning to support increasing housing in well-located areas.

Successful Stream 1 projects were announced by the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, the Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, and the Hon Julie Collins MP, Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Small Business, on 5 July 2024. The joint media release is available here, and the list of successful projects is below, under 'Resources'.

Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream

The Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream provides funding to local, state and territory governments for enabling infrastructure and community amenity projects.

The Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream is designed to remove barriers to housing construction by ensuring enabling infrastructure and community amenities are in place.

Successful projects were announced across January 2025 by the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, and the Hon Catherine King MP, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government.

Formal advice on the outcomes of the Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream will be sent to applicants soon.

Funding

Payments for Stream 1 and the CEI stream are made through state-based schedules to the Federation Funding Agreement—Affordable Housing, Community Services and Other. Payments will be made by the Australian Government to the relevant state or territory. State or territory governments will forward Commonwealth funding contributions to eligible local governments. Schedules are available here: Housing Support Program—Stream 1 and Community Enabling Infrastructure | Federal Financial Relations.

Priority Works Stream

An additional $1 billion was announced for the Priority Works Stream, as part of the 2024–25 Budget. The Priority Works Stream provides funding to state and territory governments for significant enabling infrastructure and deliver social housing. Funding will expedite housing development to support meeting the National Housing Accord target of 1.2 million new homes.

Funding for the Priority Works Stream is made through state-based schedules to the Federation Funding Agreement—Affordable Housing, Community Services and Other.

Under these schedules, the Commonwealth and states and territories are required to develop and jointly agree Implementation Plans.

Full Implementation Plans will be published as project information becomes publicly available. Current Implementation Plans are here:

Currently announced projects, contained within the Implementation Plans, are available here:

Resources

Stream 1

Successful Projects

Program Guidelines

Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream
Program Guidelines

Webinar

The department facilitated a webinar about Stream 2 of the program and its application process on Wednesday 17 July 2024.

You can view the webinar recording, transcript and answers to queries posed to the department during the Housing Support Program webinar below. If you asked a specific question that you do not believe has been addressed, please send your query to PPDHousingSupportBranch@infrastructure.gov.au.

Enquiries

All enquiries must be directed to the Housing Support Program inbox at PPDHousingSupportBranch@infrastructure.gov.au.