Tackling the regional housing crisis together
The Housing Matters Action Group are locals working on affordable housing solutions. We need affordable, secure, accessible and environmentally responsible housing throughout the Bellingen and Nambucca Shires and right across the North Coast of NSW.
Everyone needs a safe, secure and affordable place to call home.
Waterfall Way Community Land Trust Ltd
We are excited to announce that the Waterfall Way Community Land Trust (WWCLT) Ltd is now live and actively engaging with the community to make this project a reality.
Supported by generous funding from the Siddle Family Foundation (SFF), the WWCLT Establishment Project is bringing to life one of Housing Matters Action Group’s longest-standing priorities: developing a community-led, permanently affordable housing model for Bellingen Shire.
The WWCLT is focused on delivering forever affordable shared homeownership for the ‘missing middle’—local people on local incomes who are priced out of the housing market.
We’ve now launched a community engagement campaign to introduce the Community Land Trust model across the Shire. Residents are encouraged to get involved by:
Completing a Registration of Interest form if you’re looking for secure, affordable homeownership in the coming years
Signing up as a Friend of the WWCLT Ltd to stay informed and help build the movement
Together, we can show that communities can create their own housing solutions—by the community, for the community.
Bellingen Shire’s healthcare system is under pressure—rising rents and limited housing availability are making it harder for essential workers to live locally. This impacts everyone, from hospitals and aged care to pharmacies and allied health.
Homes for Health is a community-led initiative connecting local homeowners with spare rooms, studios, or homes to healthcare workers in need of affordable housing. Since launching, over 20 homes have been vetted and matched to nurses, students, and other critical staff. Now, we’re expanding to support GPs, aged care workers, paramedics, and more.
We are partnering with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal to ensure that all donations are tax-deductible!
Your tax-deductible donation helps us:
Coordinate safe, affordable housing matches
Support local volunteers and homeowners
Reach deeper into our local health system
Every dollar helps keep essential workers living—and caring—locally.
The Housing Matters Action Group (HMAG) has 450 members with a core group of 30 active volunteers who really make things happen. Our membership is a mix of interested community members, representatives from relevant government and non-government organisations and interested people with expertise from across the housing system.
Volunteers are the driving force behind our Working Groups and Events. Their commitment and dedication speak to the care we have for each other as a community and our ability to make change when we work together.
Jagun yaam Gumbaynggirrgundi. We acknowledge the Gumbaynggirr People as the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and pay our respects to all Elders and First Peoples past, present and emerging. Always was, always will be.