Click here
Emergency Housing Partnership
Your Property, Protected — While Serving Those Who Need It Most
Circular Key Foundation is an incorporated trustee entity that partners with residential property owners and landlords to provide safe, managed, short-term emergency housing. We handle everything — from day-to-day management to full compliance — so your asset is protected and your community is served.
A Trusted Partner for Property Owners
We enter into a clear, simple contractual relationship with property owners and providers for the use and professional management of residential property. As trustee for a registered trust, our structure provides a layer of accountability and transparency that sets us apart from informal housing arrangements.
Whether your property is already tenanted, temporarily vacant, or requires restoration before it can be put to use, we work with you from day one. We even assist with the restoration of properties that present with pre-existing damage at the time the contract commences — at no cost to the owner.
Day-to-Day Management
Dedicated property managers oversee every property, ensuring smooth operations and prompt responses to any issues that arise.
Maintenance & Restoration
We handle all maintenance requirements and restore any pre-existing or malicious damage, providing full photographic evidence throughout.
Flexible Tenure
Properties are returned to owners on 21–28 days' written notice, ensuring your plans and projects are never unnecessarily delayed.
Comprehensive Insurance & Risk Management
One of the most common concerns for property owners entering any housing partnership is exposure to liability and risk. At Circular Key Foundation, we take a rigorous, professional approach to insurance and risk management, ensuring that both the trust and the property owner are appropriately protected at all times.
Our Insurance Coverage
  • Public liability insurance
  • Professional indemnity insurance
  • Directors & officers insurance
  • Property owners named as interested parties where required
Why This Matters to You
Being named as an interested party on our policies means your exposure is meaningfully reduced. You are not left relying solely on your own landlord insurance — our layered approach to risk management provides genuine, structured protection.
We carry professional indemnity and directors & officers cover, ensuring accountability at every level of the organisation.
Squatter Protection
Our occupancy framework actively protects against unauthorised occupation and the significant legal complications that squatters can create for owners.
Safety Compliance
Smoke alarm compliance, fire safety checks, and lawful occupancy limits are all maintained and documented by our team.
Regulatory Compliance
We ensure all relevant safety registrations are current and that occupancy remains strictly residential — not classified as rooming house use.
A Specialist Occupancy & Safety Framework
Circular Key Foundation does not accept walk-in or ad hoc placements. Every occupant is referred through established, trusted specialist channels, ensuring that all placements are properly assessed, supported, and supervised from the outset. This structured approach is fundamental to protecting both the property and the surrounding community.
Referral Pathways Only
Placements are made exclusively via specialist homelessness services, family violence pathways, and re-integration or post-custody support services. No direct or unsupported admissions are accepted.
Confidential Occupancy
Property addresses are never publicly disclosed. Occupancy is held by the trust, providing a critical layer of confidentiality — particularly important for occupants fleeing family violence or other sensitive circumstances.
Behavioural Standards Enforced
Strict visitor and behavioural rules are enforced at all times. Where safety is compromised, immediate relocation protocols are activated to protect the property, neighbours, and the broader community.
Incident Response Procedures
Clear, documented procedures are in place for emergency response, police or ambulance involvement, neighbour or strata complaints, and occupant exit where required. Nothing is left to chance.
We also operate a rigorous inspection regime, with routine property inspections and additional access by professionals as required through appropriate permit processes. Owners can expect photographic records, graffiti removal, and the prompt repair of any malicious damage throughout the term of the agreement.
Property Selection, Tax Advantages & Getting in Touch
We work with houses, apartments, and townhouses of solid construction, situated close to public transport and essential services. Properties must be suitable for confidential occupancy and meet our selection criteria before being accepted into the programme.
A Unique Tax Advantage
Circular Key Foundation offers a unique tax advantage to participating property owners as part of our engagement structure. Our management are currently in the process of registering the organisation as a charity with acnc.gov.au, which further underlines our commitment to transparency, accountability, and community benefit.
Speak with us directly to understand how this advantage may apply to your specific circumstances.
Contact Us Today
We welcome enquiries from property owners and landlords who are considering a short-term emergency housing partnership. Our team is happy to walk you through the process, answer your questions, and tailor an arrangement that gives you confidence and peace of mind.
  • Phone: 03 8609 6844
  • Post: PO Box 10800, Middle Camberwell VIC 3124