Aboriginal Housing Office

Register as an ACHP

Housing providers who want to be eligible to manage AHO properties and to receive AHO funding or support must go through a two-step process to register as an Aboriginal Community Housing Procvider (ACHP).

How to register as an Aboriginal Community Housing Provider

Download the ACHP registration application form. 

  1. Register with NRSCH or NSWLS

    National Regulatory System for Community Housing or NSW Local Scheme Registrar of Community Housing

  2. Fill out the registration application form

  3. Email application form to the AHO

    Send your application to [email protected].

Need help with something?

Contact the Sector Development team: [email protected].

Registration systems and schemes

The Registrar of Community Housing oversees non-government organisations that provide community housing for people who have very low, low or moderate incomes. The Registrar ensures that community housing meets the housing needs of tenants and government and investor requirements.

The two registration systems that the Registrar oversees are:

National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH)

The NRSCH aims to ensure a well governed, well managed and viable community housing sector that meets the housing needs of tenants and provides assurance for government and investors.

The NRSCH seeks a clear separation between regulatory activities, and state and territory policy and funding activities. The Registrar is an independent statutory officer appointed by the NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services to carry out the functions established under the National Law for Community Housing Providers. The scope of a Registrar’s functions under the NRSCH is limited to regulatory activities.

NSW Local Scheme (NSWLS)

In October 2016, NSW Parliament enacted an amendment to the Community Housing Providers (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 [NSW] (the Act) to establish a local system of registration, monitoring and regulation of entities that provide community housing but are unable to be registered under the Community Housing Providers National Law (NSW).

In August 2017, under section 25A of the Act, the NSW Minister for FACS directed the Registrar to commence the NSWLS that:

  • as far as reasonably practicable, is consistent with the NRSCH
  • does not include the ‘wind-up’ condition of registration under the Act, whilst ensuring that any assets or assistance provided by the NSW Government is appropriately protected
  • initially focuses on registering NSW Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALCs).

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