Queensland Government
Department of Housing and Public Works

Between 1 July 2008 and 31 March 2009, the former Department of Housing:

  • Assisted almost 227,600 Queensland households by providing 74,544 households with social housing (including 6,675 households with crisis housing), and helped 153,048 households access or sustain private market tenure. This included more than 16,280 Indigenous households and 26,200 households with a person with a disability.
  • Funded or managed 66,077 social housing rental units, an increase of 582 rental units (or 0.9%) since 30 June 2008.
  • Progressed the implementation of one social housing system with the introduction of a new client intake and assessment process, to assess an applicant's level of housing need and determine the most appropriate form of housing assistance from a range of housing products and services funded or subsidised by the department.
  • Worked with community organisations to ensure better integration of housing resources funded, subsidised or delivered by Government.
  • Implemented a trial of an innovative new product, RentConnect, to reduce the demand for social housing by assisting eligible clients to secure a tenancy in the private rental market.
  • Implemented the Queensland component of the National Rental Affordability Scheme, a joint Federal and State Government initiative to stimulate the supply of new affordable rental dwellings across the nation.
  • Approved 45 projects to improve communities within Community Renewal zones at a cost of $4.38 million.