One of the objectives of Homeswest is to provide appropriate and affordable housing options for people who cannot access the private market. Its programs are directed at low-income renters and home buyers, disadvantaged groups and people with special housing needs.
Homeswest divides its services into three major programs each with several sub-programs.
1. Rental Operations Program
To provide affordable rental accommodation to Western Australians on low to moderate income with the following programs:
Public Rental Housing – to provide affordable, safe and secure rental accommodation to those Western Australians with a housing need.
Bond Assistance – to provide bond assistance loans to help people obtain private rental accommodation.
Community Housing – to develop a viable community housing sector in Western Australia including cooperative housing, joint ventures, crisis accommodation and housing for special needs groups.
Aboriginal Housing – to ensure that Aboriginal people have appropriate housing and support services.
Property Leasing – to lease property other than vacant land, to maximise returns and protect the asset while awaiting redevelopment, refurbishment or sale.
Procurement – to ensure the timely deliver of suitable rental housing into the appropriate program of need, either by constructing housing units on Homeswest land or land owned by joint venture partners, or by acquiring land or completed house and land packages in locations of high rental demand.
Land Acquisitions – to purchase single residential, grouped housing lots for rental housing and broadhectare land for future development to accommodate the rental program and first home owner market.
Construction – to provide cost-effective residential dwellings, funded by the Commonwealth State Housing Agreement, by using private sector design, contract administration and building resources.
Minor Works – to perform minor upgrades of selected Homeswest properties by contract.
2. Home Ownership Program
3. Land Program