SVC-007 / Specialist intake
Apply for accessible public housing
Decision owner: Housing & Habitat Commission
HABcommissionUnion-wide competence
An inhabited structure is also a civic place
Housing and Habitat treats an inhabited enclosure as a civic place as well as an engineered asset. It serves tenants, community councils, structure owners and utility operators. Its work combines safe occupancy, affordability, accessible space and the separation of property rights from residents' public rights.
Choose your route
Office output: Occupancy covenant
People and households
SVC-008 / Specialist intake
Report unsafe habitat conditions
Decision owner: Housing & Habitat Commission
SVC-009 / Competent referral
Charter a new habitat community
Decision owner: Territorial Affairs Commission
SVC-045 / Competent referral
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Companies and cooperatives
SVC-009 / Competent referral
Charter a new habitat community
Decision owner: Territorial Affairs Commission
SVC-045 / Competent referral
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Research and civic organisations
SVC-009 / Competent referral
Charter a new habitat community
Decision owner: Territorial Affairs Commission
SVC-045 / Competent referral
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Public administrations
SVC-007 / Specialist intake
Apply for accessible public housing
Decision owner: Housing & Habitat Commission
SVC-008 / Specialist intake
Report unsafe habitat conditions
Decision owner: Housing & Habitat Commission
SVC-009 / Competent referral
Charter a new habitat community
Decision owner: Territorial Affairs Commission
SVC-045 / Competent referral
Request public records
Decision owner: Archives, Libraries & Memory Commission
SVC-041 / Competent referral
Obtain legal aid remotely
Decision owner: Justice & Legal Cooperation Commission
Safe occupancy, tenancy and maintained life support
Teams review habitat certification, tenancy protections, reserve systems, settlement retrofits and public housing access. A proposal links pressure boundaries and utilities to actual occupancy, maintenance custody and the needs of residents during an outage or retrofit. Housing guidance includes the people who do not own a share of the structure.
The powers we hold and the powers we refer
The Commission owns habitat and housing findings within its mandate, while Infrastructure & Public Works Commission handles the relevant structural standards and local councils retain civic government. A landlord cannot present a property dispute as authority to cut essential life support. Contested tenancy or access restrictions have an independent legal route.
A case in practice
Illustrative case / HAB
A habitat plans a major retrofit while occupied. The review separates engineering acceptance, temporary housing, utility continuity and access adjustments. Residents receive the scope of the proposed changes and a route to challenge permanent effects on their homes. The contractor's schedule cannot quietly waive the temporary service covenant.
Responsibilities and programmes
Habitat Certification
Habitat Certification brings together pressure integrity, radiation shielding and fire compartmentation.
Explore this programme →Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing brings together public housing finance, rent transparency and cooperative housing.
Explore this programme →Life Support Systems
Life Support Systems brings together air recycling standards, waste loop certification and backup reserve planning.
Explore this programme →Urban Design
Urban Design brings together shared public space, low-gravity accessibility and mixed-use planning.
Explore this programme →Settlement Retrofit
Settlement Retrofit brings together aging habitat renewal and energy upgrades.
Explore this programme →Housing Rights
Housing Rights brings together tenant protection, displacement prevention and housing dispute referral.
Explore this programme →Where our powers stop
Emergency Rescue handles incidents; municipalities approve local plans.
Public records and accountability
HAB/REGRecords and reasoned determinations
HAB/CONTACTAnnual service plan; public decisions; performance and expenditure report.
Contact the competent office
Accessible assistance, evidence alternatives, institutional handoffs and review.