Tenant Participation – have your say

If you are a tenant in public or community housing have your say about the Tenant Participation Program. The Department of Communities (Housing and Homelessness Services) is reviewing this program and has developed a consultation paper and online survey to gather tenant feedback.

The Tenants’ Union of Queensland is organising meetings with social housing tenants to inform our submission to the review of this important program.

The Tenants’ Union will be holding meetings in Chermside, Toowoomba, Roma, Deception Bay, Inala, Caboulture and the Sunshine Coast. We will also be talking with regional tenant groups.

If you are a public or community housing tenant and would like to be involved contact the Tenants’ Union on 07 3257 1411 or email socialhousing@tuq.org.au

For more information about the review of the Tenant Participation Program and the Tenants’ Union’s upcoming tenant consultation meetings click here.

Over 20 years the Tenant Participation has empowered  social housing tenants by providing tenants with an opportunity to have a say in decisions that affect their housing and local communities, run skill building workshops and much more.

Now is the time to have your say about the future of this important program.

Regional Tenant Group Consultation
Regional tenant groups are situated in Mackay, Townsville, Cairns, Central Qld, Bayside, Logan, Stones Corner, the Gold Coast, the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane Central, Wide Bay Burnett and Ipswich and will be holding meetings with tenants to discuss the paper.  If you are a social housing tenant living in one of these areas and you would like to register for a meeting call the Tenant Participation Unit for details on 3227 6650.

A Better Lease on Life

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Improved Rights may help to reduce homelessness

The report “A Better Lease on Life” was developed by the National Association of Tenant Organisations (NATO) and National Shelter in an effort to reduce homelessness through improvements to tenancy laws.

The report makes a number of key recommendations to government around the areas of unreasonable evictions, opportunities for tenants to rectify rent arrears, and providing tenancy law protections, which will enable more balanced processess in the rental markets.

Click here for a copy of the report A Better Lease on Life

The right to adequate housing

International human rights law recognises everyone’s right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate housing.

Adequate housing was recognized as part of the right to an adequate standard of living in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

This joint OHCHR/UN Habitat Fact Sheet is the second in a series of joint publications by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with other United Nations partners to focus on economic, social and cultural rights.

This Fact Sheet explains the right to adequate housing, what it means for individuals and groups and elaborates upon States’ related obligations.

Download a copy of this fact sheet here