Centacare Housing Service is a Registered Housing Provider.
Our mission is to provide long-term affordable community housing options for people on low incomes aged 18 years and over.

Our housing stock includes a number of properties we manage on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services and 39 National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) homes that Centacare own.

We provide people in the community with an affordable alternative to public housing and private rental accommodation.

The National Rental Affordability Scheme explained.

 The National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) is a partnership between the Australian Government and the States and Territories to invest in affordable rental housing.

NRAS was implemented to address the shortage of affordable rental housing in the community. Giving businesses and community organisations the opportunity to build and then rent dwellings to low and moderate income households at a rate that is at least 20 per cent below the market value rent.

NRAS rental homes are available to low and moderate income Australians.

The current household income eligibility limits are:

Applications for our properties can be made directly through our office on (03) 5337 8935