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Community Housing information bulletin – March 2009
Community-managed Housing – Studio Units projects
Through the department's Community-managed Housing – Studio Units program, capital funds are provided for the purchase, construction and furnishing of properties for low-income households who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The program aims to increase the availability of accommodation that is appropriately designed, affordable, secure and located close to local services and amenities.
Through this program, the department is building five new complexes and upgrading a former motel, due for completion by the end of June 2009.
| Location | Type | No. of units of accommodation |
|---|---|---|
| Capalaba | Purpose built complex | 28 |
| Mackay | Upgraded motel | 22 |
| Toowoomba | Purpose built complex | 26 |
| Townsville | Purpose built complex | 24 |
| Windsor | Purpose built complex | 24 |
| Woodridge | Purpose built complex | 24 |
The department will be seeking applications from existing registered providers of Community-managed Housing – Studio Units and Community Rent Scheme programs that can demonstrate capacity to manage these properties.
Organisations will need to demonstrate:
- capacity to deliver project milestones, such as allocation of the new units within agreed timeframes to applicants from the housing register
- active participation in one social housing system
- effective governance and service delivery practices
- financial viability
- quality outcomes for clients, and
- no outstanding compliance issues.
Application kits will be distributed to eligible organisations in the coming weeks. Timeframes for responses and assessment will be tight, as construction for some of these projects is scheduled for completion before the end of April 2009.
This assessment process may also be used in the short term to allocate additional properties acquired in these locations under other social housing programs to registered providers.
A further statewide process will be undertaken in the near future to seek community sector management of properties delivered under the Nation Building and Jobs Plan. Guidelines relating to this initiative are still being negotiated with the Australian Government, and information will be provided in future editions of this bulletin.
More information: For further information on the Community-managed Housing – Studio Units program, please contact Stuart Wright, Senior Program Officer on 3225 2313 or 
stuart.wright@housing.qld.gov.au.
Last updated 19 March 2009
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