Home Assist Secure
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Home Assist Secure is a State Government program administered in Queensland by the Department of Housing. The Home Assist Secure service aims to remove some of the practical housing-related difficulties experienced by older people and people with a disability who wish to remain living in their home.
The service provides free information and referrals about home maintenance, falls prevention, repairs and modifications and home security. Subsidised assistance for minor home maintenance, repairs and modifications which relate to health, safety and security, is also available for eligible clients.
Recurrent funds are provided to community-based organisations to employ staff and to pay tradespeople to provide Home Assist Secure services.
Objectives
Home Assist Secure can help people feel safer living at home, have easier access to and within their home, and incorporate home security routines into their daily activities.
You can obtain subsidised assistance with minor home maintenance, repairs, modifications and security that relate to your health, safety and security.
Target groups
To be eligible for free information and referrals, people must be 60 years and over, or of any age with a disability, and live in their own home or in rental housing.
To be eligible for subsidised assistance, people must also receive an Australian Government payment or allowance and be unable to make use of alternative forms of assistance, such as Home and Community Care, Veterans’ Affairs, family or friends.
Home Assist Secure does not undertake work that is considered to be the responsibility of the landlord (lessor) under residential tenancies legislation or other tenancy agreements.
Eligibility
The following types of organisations are eligible to be considered for funding to provide services under the program:
- not-for-profit incorporated organisations
- local governments
- Aboriginal or Island Councils.
Home Assist Secure has reached its capacity and opportunities for funding new services are limited.
Funding conditions
To receive funding or other assistance from the Department of Housing to provide a service, organisations must be:
- registered under the Housing Act 2003 and
- bound by the terms and conditions of the program specifications and the assistance agreement entered into with the Department of Housing.
A snapshot of the Home Assist Secure program
Further information
Community Housing
Community and Public Housing
Queensland Department of Housing
GPO Box 690
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Telephone: (07) 3227 6816
Freecall: 1800 642 902
Facsimile: (07) 3227 6110
Email: 
communityhousing@housing.qld.gov.au
Locations and contact details of services
The attached list provides 
contact phone numbers (113Kb) for all Home Assist Secure services.
Last updated 13 December 2007
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