Applying for registration

We are experiencing a sustained increase in applications for registration.

This means applicants may experience a delay prior to an accepted application being allocated for assessment. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.

We remind applicants that they need to provide all information required (as set out in the performance standards and guidelines). This will prevent any additional delays in the application being accepted and processed. Please see the how to apply page for further information to assist in the submission of a successful application.

To submit an application for registration, your organisation will need to:

1. ensure that your organisation meets the eligibility criteria
2. meet with us to discuss the suitability of your organisation for registration. If CHRA is satisfied that your organisation meets the eligibility criteria, is a financially viable organisation of enduring substance, that can provide appropriate long-term housing services, we will provide you with a copy of the application form
3. fill out the application for registration form and begin collating the required supporting documentation
4. obtain Board approval for an application (recorded in Board minutes), including the Chair’s signature on the application form
5. submit the completed application form and all required documents.

CHRA will then:

1. review your application for eligibility and completeness. Incomplete applications or applications which do not meet the expected standard will be returned and not put in the assessment queue
2. assess your application, examining your capacity to meet the performance standards
3. present a registration recommendation to the Regulator (the Head of CHRA), who decides whether to grant registration or not
4. inform you of CHRA’s decision
5. send you the evaluation report setting out the analysis that led to CHRA’s decision. 

While registered CHPs are eligible to partner with HUD to supply IRRS tenancies, obtaining a contract is not automatic, and is at the discretion of the HUD  Housing Supply team. For more information about supply opportunities, visit the providing public housing(external link) page on the HUD website. 

Please note that if an application is not accepted, or we subsequently decline the application because of significant gaps in the information provided, CHRA will no longer provide a detailed summary of our findings. You will instead receive an email advising of the reason/s it was not accepted or declined. If a new application is submitted by the same organisation in the future and is accepted, it will be treated as a new application and go on the waitlist for assessment.