Dominic Sullivan, PAYCE Foundation Director, joins Ministers to Launch New Assistance Services in Sydney.

An innovative tri-partite partnership between a leading charitable foundation, the PAYCE Foundation, community housing provider, Bridge Housing Limited and Women's Community Shelters will provide transitional housing for women and their children who have been subjected to domestic violence or homelessness.

The Pathways Home project will offer intermediate tenancy accommodation and support services for those vulnerable women and children currently in emergency shelters.

Ministers Come Together to Support Pathways Home Initiative – Dominic Sullivan

The project was today launched in Sydney by Prue Goward, Minister for Family and Community Services, Minister for Social Housing and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Minister Goward said she was thrilled to launch Pathways Home and offered her congratulations on a wonderful partnership.

Pathways Home aims to provide those women and children who had been in crisis accommodation after experiencing domestic violence with a stable, safe and secure home environment in order to recover and rebuild their lives.

PAYCE Foundation to Provide Vital Crisis Support to Women and Children – Dominic Sullivan

PAYCE Foundation Director, Dominic Sullivan said PAYCE would provide five properties in north-west Sydney and undertake modifications to ensure the properties were safe and comfortable.

"The PAYCE Foundation will provide seed funding for the Pathways Home Project Fund to support maintenance and other costs," Dominic Sullivan said.

"The PAYCE Foundation is extremely proud to be a partner in this initiative, which is only possible through the shared commitment of our project partners, Bridge Housing and Women's Community Shelters.

"The project is a wonderful example of community organisations working with the private sector to leverage philanthropy to develop affordable housing solutions for members of the community in vulnerable or needy circumstances," Dominic Sullivan continued.

"Bridge Housing will provide property and tenancy management services and the Women's Community Shelters, which currently operates crisis accommodation for women and children, will provide outreach support and also identify suitable tenants.

"Pathways Home addresses the problem of where women and children go to stabilise their circumstances after they leave emergency shelters and before they move on to secure permanent housing," Mr Sullivan explained.

First Beneficiaries are to Transition Before Christmas – Dominic Sullivan

"Without assistance and support, there is a real risk that women will remain in a cycle of homelessness or be forced to return to a violent environment due to the lack of alternative accommodation."

Mr Sullivan said homeless women and children will benefit from the transitional housing environment for up to 18 months and in that time a range of support services will be provided by Women's Community Shelters.

"We plan to have the first beneficiaries transition from emergency shelters to the new tenancy accommodation and be settled well before Christmas," Dominic Sullivan confirmed.

About PAYCE/PAYCE Foundation – Dominic Sullivan

PAYCE is a leading property development and investment company founded in 1978. The company has a proven track record in setting new international benchmarks with its landmark integrated, lifestyle developments.

PAYCE has also won a reputation for not just delivering exceptional, intelligently designed contemporary homes, but also in creating dynamic and cohesive communities.

The PAYCE Foundation was founded in 2016 to build on the long philanthropic tradition of PAYCE. The Foundation's vision is a world in which disadvantage and misfortune do not limit anyone's potential and are not determinants of quality of life. The PAYCE Foundation aims to become the best practice example of engaged and strategic philanthropy.