Awards

    • Place Leaders Asia Pacific (2023)– Large Scale Project – Lidcombe Rise, Finalist
    • UDIA NSW & Urban Property Group Awards for Excellence (2024), Excellence in Affordable Housing – Lidcombe Rise, Finalist
    • UDIA NSW & Urban Property Group Awards, Masterplan Community Award for Excellence, Winner
    • Urban TaskForce – Lidcombe Rise by Billbergia and Evolve Housing, Finalist
    • Urban Developer – Development of the Year – Social Infrastructure – Lidcombe Rise by Billbergia and Evolve Housing, Finalist
    • Australiasian Reporting Awards – Gold Award for Annual Report 2022-2023, Winner
    • ZEST Outstanding Community Sector Leader – Charlie Souma, Finalist
    • ZEST Outstanding Community Partnership – Evolve Housing and Developer Billbergia Group, Finalist
    • 2024 REINSW Awards for Excellence Residential Property Manager – Natasha McDonald, Finalist
    • Employer of Choice (Public Sector & NFP) in the Australian HR Awards 2024 – Evolve Housing, Finalist
    • WSABE 2024 Awards, Outstanding Business Leader, Charlie Souma , Finalist
    • WSABE 2024 Awards, Outstanding Employer of Choice, Evolve Housing, Winner
    • WSABE 2024 Awards, Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion, Evolve Housing, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Outstanding Achievement Award, Raj Ganeshwar, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Rising Star Award, Stacy Haughton, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Excellence in Customer Service Award, Krystelle Taylor, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Tenant Engagement & Social Inclusion Award, Resident Engagement Team, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Team Leadership & Culture Award, P&C, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Government Program Collaboration Award, Opportunity Pathways, Finalist
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Modernisation of a Built Form Development Award, Lidcombe Rise with Billbergia Group, Highly Commended
    • PowerHousing Australia Awards 2024, Business Partner Award, Tenant Portal in partnership with ServiceNow and ThirdEra, Runner Up
    • Boomtown! Awards 2024, Outstanding Housing Project Category, Core and Cluster Tranche 2 in partnership with Women’s Community Shelters and Parramatta Women’s Shelter, Highly Commended
    • Gold Award in the 2023 ARA General Award
    • Finalist, Social and Community Service Program of the Year Award, Real Estate Business Awards 2023 (for our profit-for-purpose real estate agency EchoRealty)
    • Finalist, ZEST Award in Outstanding Project – Climate Change Resilience – Evolving Green
    • Finalist, ZEST Award in Outstanding Community Sector Leader – Jitender Balani
    • Finalist, ZEST Award in Outstanding Project – Building stronger inclusive communities – Resident Engagement Strategy
    • Finalist, Leading Community Engagement Practice – Evolve Housing’s Resident Engagement Strategy
    • Finalist, Excellence in Social Housing – Together Home Program
    • Finalist, Leading Innovation – Asset Management Team’s Heat Resilience Project
    • Winner, Patron’s Choice Award – Evolve Housing, WSABE Awards
    • Finalist, AAA City Removalist Outstanding Business Leader – Jitender Balani
    • Finalist, Parramatta Light Rail Excellence in Sustainability – Evolving Green
    • Finalist, City of Parramatta Excellence in Innovation – EchoRealty Essential Worker Program
    • Winner, D&I Leadership Awards for Excellence, UDIA Awards
    • Winner, Outstanding Affordable Housing Project – Lidcombe Rise, Boomtown Awards
    • Winner, Business Partner Award with Billbergia, PowerHousing Australia
    • Highly Commended, Government Program Collaboration Award, PowerHousing Australia
    • Runner Up, Team Leadership and Culture Award, PowerHousing Australia
    • Gold Award, General Award Category, Australasian Reporting Awards
    • Highly commended, Rising Star Category, PowerHousing Australia Awards
    • Highly commended, Tenant Engagement and Social Inclusion Category, PowerHousing Australia Awards
    • Australasian Housing Institute Awards, 2021, Leading Community Engagement Practice Award
    • Silver Award, General Category, Australasian Reporting Awards 2021 (for our Annual Report 2019-2020
    • Winner, Affordable Housing of the Year, 2021 Housing Industry Association HIA-CSR Hunter Housing Awards for the Merewether Street Newcastle development
    • Finalist, Affordable Development category, 2021 Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW Awards for the Merewether Street Newcastle development
    • Finalist, Leading Housing Development Project, 2021 Australasian Housing Institute Brighter Future Awards for the Merewether Street Newcastle development
    • Runner Up, Business Partner category at the 2021 PowerHousing Awards for the Essential Worker Affordable Housing Program (awarded jointly with Aware Super and Altis Property Partners
    • Social and Community Service Program of the Year Award, Real Estate Business Awards 2020 (awarded for our profit-for-purpose real estate agency EchoRealty)
    • Silver Award, General Award Category, Australasian Reporting Awards 2020
    • UDIA NSW Awards 2020, Winner in the category of Affordable Development for our Roselands development
    • Real Estate Business Awards 2020, Winner in the category of Social and Community Service Program of the Year (for EchoRealty)
    • WSABE Awards 2020, Winner in the category of Outstanding Young Employee (for Joel Flowers from EchoRealty)
    • WSABE Awards 2020, Finalist in the category of Excellence in Innovation (for Tetris Village, our development at Guildford)  
    • Winner, Project Leadership and Innovation category, PowerHousing Awards 2020 (for our development Tetris Village)
    • Highly Commended, Rising Star category, PowerHousing Awards 2020 (awarded to Project Officer Madeleine Kelly)
    • Business of the Year, Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) Awards (this category was chosen by the judges from all the nominees)
    • Excellence in Business, Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) Awards
    • Commendation in the Affordable Development category for Tetris Village – 2019 Urban Development Institute of Australia Awards (UDI) NSW Awards
    • Exceptional Social Enterprise within Western Sydney, 2019 ZEST Awards, awarded to Echo Realty
    • Leading Housing Development at the NSW Australasian Housing Institute Awards – Harts Landing
    • Excellence in Social Housing at the NSW Australian Housing Institute Awards – Personal Support Plans for residents
    • Inspirational Team Member at the NSW Australian Housing Institute Awards – Charlie Souma (Senior Manager, EchoRealty)
    • Silver Award in Architecture – Residential – Constructed category, 2018 Sydney Design Awards (awarded for Harts Landing alongside our development partner PAYCE)
    • Silver Award in Graphic Design – Illustration and Type category, 2018 Sydney Design Awards (awarded for Harts Landing alongside our development partner PAYCE)
    • Parramatta Light Rail Excellence in Sustainability Award, 2018 Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence
    • Highly Commended, Exceptional Community Partnership across a Region, 2018 Zest Awards (awarded for School Holiday Fun Day alongside Mission Australia Housing and St George Community Housing)
    • Sustainability Program of the Year Award, 2018 Optus My Business Awards
    • Finalist, Not-For-Profit Business of the Year Award, 2018 Optus My Business Awards
    • Finalist, Businesswoman of the Year Award, 2018 Optus My Business Awards – Andrea Galloway
    • Finalist, Excellence in Sustainability, 2018 NSW Business Chamber Awards
    • Inspirational Team Member at the Australasian Housing Institute Awards – Joy Sneesby
    • Rising Star award at the 2017 PowerHousing Australia – Mat Toailoa
    • NSW Business Chamber State Award for Excellence in Business Ethics for work with the community in particular Western Sydney Homeless Connect.
    • Joint Community Housing Provider (CHP) of the Year at the NSW Federation of Housing Associations annual NSW Awards for Excellence in Community Housing
    • Excellence in Business Ethics at the Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE)
    • 2015 Powerhousing Australia Awards: Rising Star Award Charlie Souma, Private Market Housing for his leadership in the fee for service business
    • 2015 Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE)
    • Finalist, Award for Excellence in Innovation
    • 2015 Australasian Housing Institute (AHI) Awards Excellence in Social Housing Award, Highly Commended – Leading Innovation, Evolve Housing Website and Outstanding Achievement Award, Andrea Galloway
    • Australian Growth Company Awards Special Recognition Award
    • Global W³ Awards – Silver – Evolve Housing website
    • 2015 NSW Federation Housing Awards – Winner, Overall Excellence in Community Housing and Communication and Highly Commended – Innovation
    • 2015 Global Communicator Award for the Evolve Housing website
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    PowerHousing Australia – Sector Leadership
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    Livable Housing Compliance for Design and Construction
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