National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA)

The NHHA is currently one of the primary vehicles for the provision of Commonwealth funding to help support the states in the delivery of housing and homelessness services and programs. The current NHHA aims to improve access to secure and affordable housing for all Australians across the housing spectrum. As current funding arrangements under the NHHA are due to expire on 30 June 2023, a one-year extension of around $1.7 billion to the NHHA has been offered to 30 June 2024, including an additional $67.5 million of funding to assist the sector in tackling the homelessness challenges revealed in the 2021 Census. This extension will allow further time to work with states and key stakeholders to implement the Government's housing agenda. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are a priority homelessness cohort under the current NHHA. Each state and territory is required to report how much funding is attributed to each priority homelessness cohort each year, where the disaggregation of data is possible.