Queensland Government
Department of Housing and Public Works

  • Reminder: Changes to the Housing Needs Assessment

    From April 2011 the department implemented changes to the Housing Needs Assessment (HNA).

  • Managing vacancies

    Timely management of vacant properties is critical for people in housing need and minimises costs incurred by providers through lost rent.

  • Service Charges

    The department would like to remind community housing providers that any service charges levied on tenants are governed by provisions in the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 and the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Regulation 2009.

  • Tenancy Management workshops

    The Department of Communities is funding training opportunities for not-for-profit social housing organisation staff.

  • Social Housing initiative funds more homes for north Queensland

    North Queensland community housing providers are welcoming tenants into new homes constructed with funds from the Commonwealth Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan – Social Housing Initiative.

  • Social and Private Housing Program providers' natural disaster recovery provisions for 2011-12

    To address the potential impacts of natural disasters on social housing tenants, applicants listed on the housing register and other householders, the Department of Communities has approved a number of provisions to be implemented in the event of a natural disaster declaration in Queensland.

  • Emergency maintenance over the holiday closure

    Housing and Homelessness, Department of Communities' offices including Housing Services Centres will be closed from 23 December (close of business) and will reopen on 3 January 2012.

  • Season's greetings

    To all our valued housing providers.