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Fire Ant Eradication Campaign
Fire ants have been found at all types of properties across the State. To eradicate the fire ant, every home in the infested areas must be treated. This means that your property may be affected.
ClimateSmart Home Service
epartment of Communities (Housing and Homelessness Services) tenants can use the ClimateSmart Home Service to save energy, money and the environment.
Tenant News
Tenant News is the Department of Communities (Housing and Homelessness Services) newsletter for tenants, containing information about living in a departmental property, news from the department and updates on tenant group activities.
The Garden Awards
The Garden Awards are open to all departmental tenants, and tenants of community and local government-managed housing throughout Queensland.
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- Housing assistance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Housing assistance for children in need of protection
- Housing assistance for people exiting correctional facilities
- Housing with shared support
- Income confirmation service
- Living in a departmental property
- Welcome to your home
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- Your rent
- Looking after your home
- Maintenance
- Damage to your property
- Maintenance debts - during your tenancy
- Maintenance hints
- Smoke alarms
- Fire and emergency evacuation
- Pest control
- Termites
- Fire ants
- Mould
- Modifications to your home
- Home improvements
- Hints on garden care
- Garden Awards
- Hints on preventing burglary
- Water in your home
- Water saving hints
- Property inspections
- During your tenancy
- Ending your tenancy
- Buying your rental home
- Welcome to your home
- Tenant participation
- The Tenant Participation Program
- Tenant Participation – a new direction
- The Garden Awards
- 2009 Garden Award Winners
- Bayside winners
- Brisbane winners
- Caboolture winners
- Central Queensland winners
- Gold Coast winners
- Logan winners
- Mackay/Whitsunday winners
- Far North Queensland winners
- North Queensland winners
- North West Queensland winners
- South West Queensland winners
- Sunshine Coast winners
- West Moreton winners
- Communal Vegetable Gardens
- Neighbour Day
- Frequently asked questions
- News - Social housing
- Fact sheets - Social housing
- Forms - Social housing
- Publications - Social housing
- Tenant News
- Tenant News - Latest edition (February 2010)
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- Planting the seeds to create communal vegetable gardens
- More social housing on the way
- Finding a place to rent
- Affordable homes to rent
- Pension increases and rent assessment
- Local groups helping tenants to reduce energy costs
- Have your say on tenant participation
- Shirley Hughson Tenant Group
- Garden awards attract 1100 entries from across the state
- Sun safety
- All abilities playgrounds
- Healthy eating
- Seniors cards
- Prepare for the storm season
- Tenant News goes audio!
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News September 2009
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- We're now the Department of Communities
- Tenants to benefit from Nation Building plan
- Department helps tenants to buy their own home
- 2009 Water-Wise Garden Awards
- Neighbour Day 2009
- ClimateSmart Home Service
- Tenants participate in the Queensland Shelter conference
- Tenant group helps their community
- Employment project gives a helping hand
- Annual property inspections
- New tenancies legislation
- Young artists help create healthy homes
- Fire safety tips for the cooler months
- Electricity account payment options
- Communiqué from the Tenants' Union
- Tenant News goes audio!
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News December 2008
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- Training workshops for tenants across the state
- National Rental Affordability Scheme
- RentConnect – a new assistance service
- Discount card for carers
- Community Renewal helping employment prospects in Townsville
- New units in Stafford
- Plans for Queensland’s future — Toward Q2
- Garden Awards a blooming success
- Your tenancy and the Ongoing Eligibility policy
- New policy and criteria for transfers
- Tips for paying rent over Christmas
- Do you receive Veterans' Affairs payments?
- Celebrate Queensland's 150th anniversary
- Prepare for the storm season
- South East Queensland water restrictions eased
- Tenant News goes audio!
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News July 2008
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- Improving Indigenous housing
- Join our Community Renewal programs
- A new client intake and assessment process
- Neighbour day – a day to remember
- Be a well-liked neighbour
- Changes to annual rent review
- Lending a hand in Mackay
- Upper Mount Gravatt's new development
- How to save water
- The environment and you
- Tenants' Union – working for you
- Tenant News goes audio!
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News October 2007
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- Community spirit brings positive change for tenants
- Different people, changing needs—one social housing system
- Changes underway to introduce a fairer social housing system for all
- More information about the Ongoing Eligibility policy
- A new, easier way to make a complaint
- Be aware of your water use
- Checking your water use
- The trouble with termites
- Floods and storms: one number to call
- Improving services for independent living
- Convenient EasyPay option now available to tenants receiving Veterans' Affairs payments
- Independent living helps Scott pursue his dreams
- Assets test for new applicants
- Helpful reminders
- Tenant News goes audio!
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News March 2007
- Minister’s message
- Director-General’s message
- Ongoing Eligibility policy ensures assistance for those most in need
- Rebates available to tenants who purchase rainwater tanks
- More information for people starting or returning to work
- EasyPay
- Water saving a priority
- Income Confirmation Service
- Caring callers offer friendship and security
- Leaving your property for a short time?
- Experiences with tenant participation
- Your say matters to us
- Get involved through tenant participation
- Queensland Public Tenants Association gives tenants a voice: public tenants make enormous contribution to their local communities
- Tenant News goes audio
- Maintenance contact details
- Have your say on your newsletter
- Tenant News - Latest edition (February 2010)
- Tenant News
- Contacts - Social housing
- Applying for housing assistance
- Renting in the private market
- Emergency housing
- Boarding houses and hostels
- Student accommodation
- Manufactured homes
Last reviewed 21 February 2011
Last modified 11 May 2012
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