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Queensland Community Housing Standards and Accreditation Council

Our purpose

The Queensland Community Housing Standards and Accreditation Council encourages continuous quality improvement in community housing. We do this by promoting a system of accreditation which is linked to National Community Housing Standards. Our aim is to facilitate quality service provision by community housing organisations.

The Council was originally formed in February 1999. The current Council was appointed in October 2008 for a period of up to three years.

Our values

The Council is committed to ensuring that the accreditation process is objective, transparent, systematic and rigorous. We believe in:

ongoing consultation and partnership
team work and a multidisciplinary approach
meeting stakeholders' needs and exceeding their expectations
continuously improving the quality of our services
measuring and evaluating performance, and
peer review.

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Our objectives

We aim to:

facilitate continuous quality improvement by community housing organisations through a system of accreditation linked to a national accreditation framework
evaluate and continue to develop the accreditation system in consultation with stakeholders in community housing
promote the national community housing standards and the accreditation system, including its values, purpose and outcomes, to all stakeholders in community housing, and
provide access to information and resources about the National Community Housing Standards and accreditation process to all stakeholders in community housing.

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Membership

The current members of the Council are:

Ms Wynn Hopkins, Chairperson, Community Housing Provider Representative
Ms Jennifer Clark, Executive Director, Social Housing Programs, Housing and Homelessness Services, Department of Communities
Ms Toni Malamoo, Executive Director, Remote Indigenous Housing and Homelessness Programs, Housing and Homelessness Services, Department of Communities
Mrs Dushyanthi (Dushy) Thangiah, Indigenous Housing Provider Representative
Mr Kai Dahl, Community Housing Provider Representative
Ms Elvene Whitbread, Peer Evaluator Representative
Ms Margaret Langton, Community Housing Provider Representative
Mrs Lee Burton, Community Housing Provider Representative
Dr Robyn Keast, Expert Representative
Ms Diana (Gina) Pearson, Expert Representative
Ms Kate Cowmeadow, Queensland Shelter Representative

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Last updated 09 November 2009