Private Rental Support and Advocacy Services work with people having difficulty in maintaining tenancies and provide assistance structured around the needs of each person or family. 

Services work with tenants before debts or other tenancy management issues become unmanageable or eviction processes begin.  Services use a case management approach to address identified issues that may lead to eviction and work with families until the tenancy is stabilised.  They are able, with tenants consent, to liaise with landlords and property managers to facilitate the maintenance of tenancies. Services may also provide support to people who have recently been homeless and have been identified as requiring ongoing support to maintain their new accommodation.

A specialist Support and Advocacy Services for Migrants in Private Rental Accommodation has also been established to:

• provide education and information about the program to migrant community groups,
• act as a consultancy service on migrant issues to the other services in the program, and
• inform the real estate industry about issues affecting migrant tenants.

A detailed entry for each of the services is provided in the pages following.

Metropolitan

• Centrecare Support and Advocacy Service
• Jacaranda Community Centre Incorporated (unfunded)
• Multicultural Housing Advocacy
• Ruah Tenancy Support, 1. South East Corridor Private Rental Support. 2. Homeless Helpline Partnership - Perth Metro.
• STAR - Supporting Tenancy Anglicare Rockingham

Country

• ASH Anglicare Stabilising Housing (Commonwealth funded)
• Capes Accommodation Support and Advocacy (CASA)
• Geraldton Resource Centre P R A C (Private Residential Accommodation Casework)
• Westaus Accommodation Advocacy Support, Peel (WAASP)
  
  

Program Name:	Private Rental Support and Advocacy Program - An initiative of ‘The State Homelessness Strategy’
Program Funded By:	Department for Community Development, Government of Western Australia