Message from the CEO to our Tenants
Posted on 9 Aug 2024
We hope this message finds you well. We want to take a moment to address an important issue that has come to our attention recently—online trolling and its impact on our Aboriginal community and services.
🎉SEARMS is ASES accredited 🎉
Posted on 7 Aug 2024
🌟 SEARMS Achieves ASES Accreditation! 🌟 We are proud to announce that SEARMS has officially achieved ASES (Australian Service Excellence Standards) accreditation! This significant milestone reflects our unwavering commitment to delivering high-quality services and our dedication to continuous improvement. 🏆👏
📢 Sustainable Rent Policy Update for SEARMS Owned Portfolio
Posted on 29 Jul 2024
SEARMS has taken on feedback on its housing and rent setting policy. This has been updated to clarify how and to which properties it applies.
20th Anniversary: SEARMS launches book
Posted on 8 Jul 2024
Community-controlled housing organisation a successful model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
NAIDOC 2024 – Keep the fire burning! Blak,loud and proud
Posted on 8 Jul 2024
SEARMS is grateful to the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) for the funding that allows us to host NAIDOC events across four days at our Batemans Bay office.
SEARMS Tenant Advisory Group – Batemans Bay area (postcodes 2536 & 2537)
Posted on 21 Nov 2023
SEARMS is seeking applications from its Tenants and Registered Occupants to join its Batemans Bay Area Tenant Advisory Group SEARMS manages around 480 properties – mostly on behalf of other Aboriginal housing Owners such as the AHO (government), Local Area Land Councils and Aboriginal housing organisations. We also own and manage our own housing stock.
SEARMS Chair, Tom Slockee: NAIDOC Male Elder Award Finalist
Posted on 7 Jun 2023
It gives us great pride and pleasure to share that SEARMS Chairperson and lifelong Aboriginal housing advocate “Uncle Tom” Slockee has been selected as a National NAIDOC Male Elder Award finalist. The annual National NAIDOC Week Awards recognise the incredible contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to their communities to improve the lives of others. The Awards not only celebrate outstanding community members, but they also encourage future generations whilst remembering the nation’s 65,000-year-old history.