Shelter Tas says a national community housing system would decrease regulatory complexity within the sector but maintains specialist homelessness services should fall outside such a framework.
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The federal government has initiated a review on the need for a national regulatory system for community housing.
It would look at how this framework could continue to support future growth in the community housing sector and improve data and governance arrangements.
Shelter Tas executive officer Pattie Chugg said Tasmania had the highest proportion of community housing properties in its social housing sector.
This was due to the transfer of Housing Tasmania properties to non-government providers over several years.
Ms Chugg said the number of dwellings managed by community housing organisations was almost equal to that managed by Housing Tasmania with 6856 public housing properties compared to 5749 community housing properties.
She said public housing providers and community housing providers should comply to the same standards.
But Ms Chugg said specialist homelessness services should not fall under the same regulatory framework as community housing providers.
"In Tasmania, specialist homelessness services short-term and crisis accommodation that meet distinct client needs," she said.
Ms Chugg said Shelter Tas believed an advisory body, which would include housing practitioners, consumers and consumer advocates, should be formed to inform the National Regulator.
"We understand this was part of the original system design but has not yet been implemented," she said.
"Shelter Tas regards an advisory body including a consumer and advocate voice as a significant element of a best practice regulatory system because it can contribute valuable information that balances other perspectives."
A final report on the review is intended to be presented to all state and territory housing ministers in November.