MyHome in Canberra

Our vision

Our vision is to provide a safe, supportive and caring home for people who have enduring mental illnesses which make it difficult for them to live independently, and who as a result are currently homeless, at risk of homelessness or in unsuitable accommodation — for example, those living with very elderly parents.

Where are we up to?

During 2022 Wesley Mission worked in collaboration with the MyHome team and local representatives of the Uniting Church to prepare a proposal for the federal and ACT governments to provide financial support for a combined development on the Curtin site of MyHome, a community hall and units of affordable rental housing.

Wesley Mission, headquartered in Sydney, is part of the Uniting Church and is both a church with congregations and a community services organisation. Housing and mental health services are important elements of the community services it provides.

The Wesley Mission team have secured enough government  financial support to enable the Wesley Curtin development to proceed. A development application was lodged in April 2025 and approved in October 2025. Preparatory work of various kinds is underway, in the hope that construction can take place in 2026 and 2027.

Grateful as we are for the ACT Government’s capital funding for MyHome and a helpful measure of federal funding, its operation will require continuing community support, both practical and financial.