Abstract: Logan City, in Queensland, is home to thousands of Social Housing (SH) consumers and is typical of the dire state of the SH sector in Australia. Logan Renewal Initiative by Queensland Government envisages a complete renewal of SH in Logan partnering with a not-for-profit (NFP) Community Housing Provider (CHP). Among the qualitative changes being aspired are a good social mix, housing that better meets the needs of tenants in terms of dwelling size, accessibility for disabled and/or aged persons and efficient access to services. The current policy inclinations that the SH provision can be efficiently handled by NFP CHPs, have their roots in the neo-liberal housing policies being emerged from 70s. In the latest forms of neo-liberal policies, SH partnerships between Governments and NFP are deemed to be entities that can emulate the market to generate efficiencies and innovation. Nevertheless, SH has become the housing option for most disadvantaged sections in the community due to previous generation of neo-liberal housing policies where the package of housing supports from the government failed to address the demand for affordable housing and SH. This study obtained the views of the Not-for-Profit sector and government officers who took part in the planning process of LRI on the project viability. The views of NFP sector point to a substantial disconnect and distrust between top-down expectations and what they deem as pragmatic for LRI. The views of the government officers demonstrate their confusion as to the sharing of responsibilities between them and to NFP counterparts.