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John De Vries

Chair of the Board

Community Housing Ltd.

Member of the CHL Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee; Member of the CHL Governance Committee

John lives in the region Nipaluna, on the island of Lutruwita / Tasmania, growing up on the foothills of Kunanyi.

John is an experienced qualified Director who has held a broad range of board and executive positions, with a focus on good governance and strategic financial management.

John is Chair of the CHL Board that provides strategic leadership to the organisation and ensures the executive team are accountable for delivering an ambitious strategic plan.

John has a strong background in finance and administration, which includes providing financial stewardship and leadership to a $100 million research organisation. John has deep experience and skills in risk, change and financial management.

John has over 20 years’ experience in the social housing sector working with both public and not-for-profit organisations, seeing first-hand how social housing can transform people’s lives.

John believes the community housing sector can play a key role in addressing Australia’s housing crisis and is leading CHL to be a champion of the sector that addresses housing poverty.

John is proud to lead an organisation that is delivering innovative results at a large-scale. He aims to lead an organisation that staff, members and most importantly, our customers, are proud to belong to.

SESSIONS

Day 2

11:15

Delivering Regional Affordable Housing

  • What is blocking regional delivery today? Unpacking the compounding barriers of land availability, infrastructure readiness, construction costs, workforce shortages, and planning timelines

  • Why do current funding and delivery models struggle in regional contexts, examining where metro-centric assumptions fail, and how risk is mispriced

  • What must change to unlock sustainable regional supply? From policy, procurement, and partnership reforms


Danny Dracic, Chief Executive Officer, Community Housing Ltd.

John De Vries, Chair of the Board, Community Housing Ltd.

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