Gordon Reid (Robertson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Pacific Link Housing, a leading tier-one community housing provider based in Gosford on the Central Coast, is this year celebrating its 40th anniversary. Pacific Link Housing was founded by Sheila Astolfi in 1996, following the merger of two housing associations—Mid Hunter Housing in Maitland and Gosford Woy Woy Rental Housing. Altogether, both associations represented a history of service since 1984. Pacific Link Housing manage properties owned by the New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation, homes leased from private landlords, and dwellings it has developed and constructed. In 2024 the housing provider manages close to 1,200 properties spanning six local government areas, including in the Central Coast, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter regions. The organisation's mission is to provide safe, secure and affordable homes for those in need and to promote thriving and inclusive communities that benefit everyone.

The Commonwealth government understands the important role housing providers like Pacific Link Housing play in helping provide affordable housing to our communities, and that is why our government established the Housing Australia Future Fund and is investing billions into building additional, affordable and social housing for vulnerable Australians. I take this opportunity to commend Pacific Link Housing on its 40th anniversary milestone, and to thank its current CEO, Ian Lynch, as well as its board of directors. Pacific Link Housing: thank you for all that you do for our Central Coast family and beyond.