Housing Registrar
Rural Housing Network Limited
Registration Category: Housing Association
Registration Date: 19 July 2007
Agency Trading Name: BeyondHousing

Agency contacts
CEO: Celia Adams   Chairperson: Benjamin Ruscoe
Website: http://www.beyondhousing.org.au/
Phone: 02 6055 9000
Head Office: Level 4 111-113 Hume St, Wodonga, Vic, Australia, 3690


Agency purpose / vision

Rural Housing Network Limited is committed to ending homelessness. We will work in partnership with Government, business, communities and individuals to develop and provide the full range of quality housing and homelessness services.

Agency history

Rural Housing Network Limited (RHNL) was founded on the 17 November 1998 when the former Ovens and Murray Regional Housing Council Inc. changed its legal structure from an incorporated association to a company limited by guarantee.
The change in legal status signalled a period of expansion and opportunity. The organisation progressed from a small and committed team of staff providing service provision to the North East region of Victoria to its current status as the largest community housing organisation delivering multiple services across the entire Hume region of Victoria.
In addition to being a registered Housing Association, RHNL also manages a large portfolio of transitional (THM) and long term properties, and provides information and advice, advocacy and case management to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. These services are provided through the Housing Information and Referral (HIR), SHASP (Social Housing Advocacy and Support) and ITAR (Indigenous Tenants at Risk) programs.
RHNL has office locations in Wodonga, Wangaratta, Shepparton and Seymour. In addition to housing in each of these locations RHNL also has properties in Cobram, Beechworth, Yarrawonga, Benalla, Myrtleford, Mooroopna, Broadford, Kilmore, Wallan, Yea and Alexandra.

Scope of operations
Housing

long term and transitional housing

Housing support services

Housing Information and Referral, Social Housing Advocacy and Support, Housing Support for Indigenous Tenants.

Tenant/Client group

All people over the age of 16 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, families and single people who have limited housing options, indigenous people, the frail aged, people with a mental health issue and people who are in housing stress in the private rental market.

Other services

None

Geographic areas covered

Key statistics
Housing properties under management

678

Properties in agency ownership

336

Tenancy units under management

717

Tenancy units in agency ownership

336

Staffing

78

Total assets for the last financial year

$63,714,016

Annual turnover for the last financial year

$9,827,890

Operational surplus for the last financial year

$786,692

Current housing projects

Vic Roads Project

Legal structure

RHNL is a company limited by guarantee (incorporated as at 17 November 1998).

Key partnerships

The agency has a number of key partners including:
> Haven; Home, Safe (formerly known as Loddon Mallee Housing Services)
> Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative
> Salvation Army Pathways
> Junction Support Services
> Mungabareena Aboriginal Cooperative