Community Services, Infrastructure and Housing (CSIH) provides a range of services to help vulnerable Tasmanians participate in the community.
Our vision is to deliver quality affordable housing and support to all vulnerable individuals, families and communities within Tasmania.
Aligning with the Agency’s goals, five objectives guide the CSIH Strategic Plan 2020-2025:
The Community Infrastructure branch delivers strategic and operational asset management functions including asset planning, maintenance, capital upgrading and construction for properties owned in full by the Director of Housing or on behalf of other Divisions of the Department of Communities Tasmania.
This includes public housing properties, specialist homelessness and supported accommodation, neighbourhood houses, group homes and other community service facilities.
The branch is also responsible for affordable home ownership products provided by the Director of Housing.
The branch has four programs:
The Housing Policy and Programs branch provides planning, purchasing and performance functions to ensure that the overall housing system design is effective, and programs are operating both effectively and efficiently. This includes housing advice, program development and program delivery.
The branch is responsible for the provision of affordable and secure social housing with effective tenancy management services to achieve positive outcomes for tenants across the social housing system.
Housing Policy and Programs has five programs:
Housing Policy and Programs is also leading the development of Tasmania’s Housing Strategy on behalf of Communities Tasmania.
The Tenancy Services branch provides tenancy management for Tasmania’s public housing service, Housing Tasmania.
This includes:
The division is supported by the Business and Information Services and Ministerial and Stakeholder Engagement units.
Business and Information Services supports the division by providing co-ordinated business operations, and information and system management services, including data sharing between internal and external government and non-government stakeholders. It coordinates corporate services requests and provides operational business support, eg human resources, finance, ICT device management and administrative support to divisional governance committees.
Ministerial and Stakeholder Engagement coordinates the interface between the division and the executive, Ministers’ offices and stakeholders and public communications.