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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.
Housing Services
- Social housing
- Applying for housing assistance
- Eligibility for housing assistance
- Prior debts with the department
- Housing assistance for people with a disability
- Housing entitlements
- Applying for housing assistance
- Being offered housing assistance
- Waiting for social housing
- Guardians and administrators
- 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
- Starting your tenancy
- 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 17 February 2011
Last modified 11 May 2012
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