Home building advocacy service program (HoBAS)

$230,000 is available to provide legal advice, advocacy services and assist or represent residential home building consumers.

About

The Home Building Advocacy Service Program is a triennial program which funds an organisation to provide legal advice, advocacy services and assist or represent (where appropriate) NSW residential home building consumers before the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT).

Key dates

The current Home building advocacy service program funding period is 1 October 2012 to 30 June 2015.
Applications close 2 August 2012.

Who can apply?

Home building advocacy service program applications can be made by New South Wales not-for-profit incorporated or registered organisations.

Note: this does not preclude profit making organisations from applying, providing they do not operate HoBAS on this basis. Joint applications, where two or more organisations pool resources and expertise, will also be accepted.

Who can’t apply?

Home building advocacy service program applications cannot be made by:

organisations intending to use the funds for a project in a State/Territory other than NSW
universities, TAFE and other academic institutions
government agencies
NSW Fair Trading, including the Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal, or their employees.

What will be funded?

The Home building advocacy service program aims to provide funding to an organisation to provide:

advice to NSW residential home building consumers on their rights, responsibilities and on what action can be taken to resolve their home building dispute
advocacy to builders or relevant parties on behalf of residential home building consumers via telephone calls, letters or personal representation
negotiation of disputes between consumers and builders or relevant party
assistance to residential home building consumers in the preparation of cases for Tribunal hearings
representation of residential home building consumers at Tribunal hearings where considered appropriate
referrals to relevant authorities
community education activities.

How much funding is available?

$229,278 per annum was allocated under the Home building advocacy service program to 30 June 2012.

Current priorities

The Home building advocacy service program contributes to the achievement of the key objective for which NSW Fair Trading is responsible under the Department of Finance and Services’ corporate plan – a fair marketplace. The program also assists the Government to achieve its competition, consumer protection and social justice policy objectives.

To achieve these objectives, the Home Building Advocacy Service Program aims to fund grant applications of a high standard which demonstrate sound planning and a commitment to professionalism in the home building industry and positive outcomes for industry clients.

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How to apply

Home building advocacy service program applications are currently open. For more information on funding under this program, please refer to the following documents:

Home Building Advocacy Service funding guidelines (Word size: 401kb)
Expression of interest, essential information (Word size: 101kb)
Application form (Word size: 125kb)

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