Social Housing Fact Sheets
Social Housing Tenant Fact Sheets
Social housing tenants and residents who rent from a community housing provider or rent in public housing are covered by Queensland tenancy laws.
For information on the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 which commenced on 1st July 2009 see the “Tenancy Facts” under Info for Tenants.
If you rent from a government or community housing provider some additional policies may also apply to your tenancy, for example eligibility, rent setting and complaint policies.
The Tenants’ Union and Social Housing Tenants
The Tenants’ Union provides services to and represents the interests of all tenants, including public and community housing tenants (sometimes collectively referred to as social housing tenants).
Communiqué: a news update for public and community housing tenants
The Tenants’ Union’s Communiqué is a bi-monthly news update for public and community housing tenants. Each issue includes a questionnaire you can use to notify us about housing policy or tenancy law issues of concern.
If you would like to receive the Communiqué regularly, as well as any other relevant TUQ correspondence for social housing tenants, please print and complete the second page of the brochure “insert” which you can download by clicking here: social_housing_tenants_brochure_insert.
> Appeals, Reviews and Complaints
Due to the high number of queries about, especially, the Department of Housing’s appeals process, this was the first social housing tenant-specific factsheet we produced. Look out for the next two topics, which will be available shortly: Are You a Social Housing Tenant? and Repairs and Maintenance.
Social housing tenant fact sheet – Appeals, Reviews & Complaints
> New Directions for ICHOs: information for tenants (special fact sheet)
The federal government is passing over responsibility of the management of funding for Indigenous Community Housing Organisations (ICHOs) to the states. In Queensland, the state government is requiring ICHOs to become part of the One Social Housing System if they want to share in some funds being made available right now for maintenance, repairs and upgrades or receive future funding. What will it mean for tenants and applicants should ICHOs agree to register as providers who can receive assistance from the state government? We have produced a special fact sheet to answer questions tenants of ICHOs may have during this transition process.
