PRIORITY 1

Citizen and Community-Led Homeshare

Develop an effective and sustainable self-directed homesharing approach across Australia and New Zealand.

• Co-design a self-directed homesharing framework, including processes and guidance for stakeholders (householders, families, homesharers, and coaches) by April 2025.
• Prototype, evaluate, and refine the model in collaboration with two communities and two coaches by August 2025.
• Develop and test financial models to ensure the viability of self-directed homesharing for both coaches and HANZA by August 2025.
• Subject to funding, develop online support tools and resources for broader implementation self-directed homesharing by June 2026.

Support communities in initiating and sustaining homesharing programs.

• Provide ongoing support to current and emerging homeshare initiatives throughout 2025 and 2026.
• Strengthen the community of practice for homesharing providers through networking and knowledge-sharing events.
• Design and deliver a fee-based webinar series featuring international speakers, accessible to members and the public by 2025.
  

PRIORITY 2

Financial and Organisational Sustainability

Ensure HANZA’s operational and financial sustainability to support its mission effectively.

• Develop a comprehensive five-year financial plan by April 2025, diversifying funding sources (grants, memberships, donations, partnerships, and consultancy).
• Secure investment by March 2026 to develop HANZA’s online support tools and resources and support promotion and roll-out of self-directed homesharing.

PRIORITY 3

Promotion and Advocacy of Homeshare and HANZA

Build awareness and understanding of homesharing among communities, organisations and governments.

• When appropriate, provide input to aligned organisations to influence government policy through 2025 and 2026.
• Develop a consensus among members on key success metrics and launch a standardized framework for reporting homesharing outcomes in 2025/26.
• Leverage media coverage to raise awareness about homesharing and the need for infrastructure to support its expansion.
• Establish a partnership with a research entity to pursue studies on priority topics related to homesharing by the end of 2026.