Our Impact
As a not-for-profit Community Housing Provider, we are committed to providing social, affordable and specialist disability accommodation (SDA) homes across eastern Australia.
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A participant-led approach to delivering SDA
Through our unique, participant-led GuideYouHome process, we help people searching for an SDA (specialist disability accommodation) home that will suit their needs. Delivering homes built to meet the needs of each resident in their preferred location and providing the security that this is their home for the long-term.
New Robust Home for Rydalmere
The first home to be delivered under the GuideYouHome participant-led process. This Robust home in Rydalmere (NSW) is designed to suit the needs of the two young men who will be living in this home long-term.
Our two residents required a home that gave them each plenty of space. Having the separate wings was really important to create their own private areas, with private living spaces designed to suit their own individual preferences and living requirements.
The large backyard has privacy fences, and was designed to be an area to be active and enjoy the outdoors; including a pool, outdoor hammock and dedicated garden spaces.
Saving the NDIA over $60,000 per person
A person living in single-occupant SDA needing 2.4-hours less support per day could save the NDIA over $60,000 per person annually (Summer Foundation, 2022, Quantitative Research Summary).
SDA Residents Report
A study by the Summer Foundation (2022) found that well located and appropriately designed SDA was associated with significantly improved outcomes for tenants. After moving into SDA:
Overall health improved by 60%
Well-being ratings improved by 66%
Community integration scores improved by 73%
Average daily support hours fell by 2.4 hours
Only 66% of tenants required overnight support, dropping from 87% pre-move.
Solar Pilot Project
BlueCHP partnered with Solar Energy Enterprises to retrofit homes in Jordan Springs with solar systems, providing affordable green energy to 64 disability homes and 90 community houses.
Our hope is with the completion of the pilot this will be a proven model to deliver solar to low income households at scale.
Since January, this pilot has generated 357,067 kWh of energy (as of mid Oct ’23). Using the most affordable energy retail cost in NSW (37.5c/kWh), this pilot has delivered $127.5K in potential energy bill savings to BlueCHP residents.
the first major step on a pathway to go forward
“The poor don’t have the opportunity to put solar on their homes,” BlueCHP CEO, Charles Northcote. “This is just the first major step on a pathway to go forward.”