CFAs: Residential Sustainability Assessment Grant (Australia)

The grant supports projects that relate to common areas or provide communal benefit for residential occupants.

Funding Information

• Grants of up to $10,000 (excluding GST) are available. Payment of the grant will be 75% upfront on receipt of a valid invoice, with 25% retained until completion of a successful acquittal.

Outcomes

• To guide and inform the City’s direction and approach for the Residential Sustainability Assessment Grants, key priority outcomes which are aligned to the City’s Strategic Community Plan and Sustainability Strategy have been identified.
  • A climate-focussed city: Support the community to achieve net-zero emissions.
  • A well-planned city: Identify opportunities to upgrade existing buildings to improve their environmental performance.
  • A resource-efficient, climate-conscious, green city: Perth’s community are leaders in environmental sustainability.

Eligibility Criteria 

• To be eligible for funding an applicant must:
  • be a legally constituted body corporate/owners corporation of an existing residential strata-title building with an Australian Business Number (ABN), with at least four residential dwellings. Applications from mixed use strata are eligible to apply where the building is primarily residential strata (minimum 75% residential strata lots);
  • be located within the City of Perth’s local government area;
  • have appropriate insurances, licenses and authorities where required;
  • be using external suppliers that are appropriately certified to undertake assessments;
  • have submitted the application prior to the project commencement date with sufficient time to enable consideration by the City; and
  • demonstrate financial viability without the City’s funding (an individual project may not be viable without the City’s support, however the organisation must be).
• The City will not consider applications from:
  • applicants considered commercial, entertainment, or accommodation providers including short and long-term, serviced apartments, supported accommodation, hotels, or residential care
  • the Commonwealth or State Government Departments;
  • a political party;
  • an applicant that the City considers to support, promote or facilitate violence, intolerance or discrimination;
  • an employee or elected member of the City, or their immediate family, however this does not include an application from an organisation that an employee, elected member or their immediate family member may be part of;
  • an applicant that has outstanding debts to the City;
  • an applicant who is in legal conflict with the City;
  • an applicant that has failed to provide satisfactory acquittal reporting for any previous City funding;
  • an applicant that has already received City funding (including in-kind) for the same project within the same financial year; or
  • an applicant that conducts, or has conducted, themselves in a way the City considers to be injurious or prejudicial to the character or interest of the City.

For more information, visit City of Perth.