This paper is the next step in a journey to developing a new Housing Strategy. In embarking on this journey, the Government has invested heavily in reviewing its current and previous efforts on delivering social and affordable housing, has engaged with select local and interstate leaders in the industry and community sectors, and has reached out to a select few with real life experience of the current challenges of finding secure, affordable housing in the Territory. The lessons learned have been extensive and have reconfirmed that while some real progress has been made, the future focus must be on assisting those who need it most—those who are experiencing homelessness or low income households experiencing housing stress. These households are our focus. In order to start the wider community conversation, the Affordable Housing Advisory Group has endorsed four broad goals for you to consider and respond to reducing homelessness, strengthening social housing assistance, increasing affordable rental housing and increasing affordable home ownership. The potential reforms and options outlined in this paper are clustered under these goals but the conversation need not be limited to these. It’s time for fresh thinking and to identify real, practical ways to improve the housing prospects of low income Canberra residents. Your response to this discussion paper will be brought to the October 2017 Housing and Homelessness Summit before being considered as part of the Government’s new Housing Strategy