Public housing forms
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Application forms
To apply for housing assistance, please contact your nearest Department of Communities (Housing and Homelessness Services) office to arrange an appointment to discuss your eligibility and housing needs. You may also complete an application form and send it to your nearest Department of Housing office. You will then be contacted to arrange an appointment to discuss your application.
Application for Housing Assistance (1.4Mb)
To apply for housing assistance, you will need to complete this form and provide supporting documentation as described in the form.
Income declaration and related forms
Employer's Declaration Form (91Kb)
Complete this form to give evidence of income you receive from your job.
Direct Debit Request Form (41Kb)
Complete this form if you want the department to deduct your rent or other payments directly from your bank account.
Easy Pay Deduction Authority for Housing Payments Form (44Kb)
Complete this form if you want Centrelink to send your housing payments directly to the department.
Easy Pay Deduction Authority for Department of Veterans' Affairs Payments Form (39Kb)
Complete this form if you want Department of Veterans' Affairs to send your housing payments directly to the department.
Income Confirmation Service Consent Authority Form (37Kb)
Complete this form if you want Centrelink to send your income and assets details directly to the department.
Easy Pay Deduction Authority (Centrelink) (202Kb)
Easy Pay deduction form (Centrelink).
Easy Pay Deduction Authority (DVA) (202Kb)
Easy Pay deduction form (DVA).
Easy Pay Suspension Authority (Centrelink) (197Kb)
Easy Pay Suspension form (Centrelink).
Easy Pay Suspension Authority (DVA) (197Kb)
Easy Pay Suspension form (DVA)
Easy Pay Suspension Authority (Bank) (197Kb)
Easy Pay Suspension form.
Easy Pay Cease Authority (Centrelink) (129Kb)
Easy Pay cease form (Centrelink)
Easy Pay Cease Authority (DVA) (128Kb)
Easy Pay cease form (DVA).
Easy Pay Cease Authority (Bank) (204Kb)
Easy Pay cease form.
Guardians, administrators and informal decision-makers
Formal Guardian and/or Administrator Details (89Kb)
Complete this form to tell the department if you have a guardian and/or administrator who has been formally appointed by the Guardianship and Administration Tribunal (GAAT).
Informal Decision-Maker Details (81Kb)
Complete this form to tell the department about a family member or close friend who helps you make decisions about personal or financial matters.
Specific housing requirements
Medical/Disability Information Form (92Kb)
Complete this form if you have a medical condition or disability that affects your housing requirements.
Confidential Medical Report from Treating Doctor (97Kb)
Complete this form to get confirmation of your specific housing requirements from your doctor or other medical specialist.
Confidential report from hearing specialist (104Kb)
Confidential report from hearing specialist eg. Audiologist or Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.
Acceptance of smaller accommodation (38Kb)
Complete this form to confirm that you accept listing for and/or being allocated a property with fewer bedrooms than your entitlement based on your current household.
Permission to contact external parties
Authority to request or disclose personal information to external parties (225Kb)
Complete this form to give the department permission to contact other people or organisations to verify information provided in your application.
Child Support Agency information request (89Kb)
To give your consent for the Department of Housing to contact the Child Support Agency (CSA) directly to obtain current details of your maintenance payments.
Referrals from external parties
Housing assistance referral (92Kb)
For use by referring agencies, domiciliary/community nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists or other support workers. Completion of this form will assist in the assessment of the client's application for housing assistance.
Forms for existing department tenants
Application for transfer (109Kb)
Complete this form if you would like to apply to move to a different departmental property.
Application for mutual exchange (100Kb)
Complete this form if you are a department tenant who would like to swap houses.
Succession of Tenancy (112Kb)
Complete this form if you wish to become a legal tenant at the departmental property you now live in, if the previous legal tenant is leaving the property.
Request for Temporary Absence from Property (39Kb)
Complete this form to tell the department if you will be away from your home for more than four weeks.
Pet Application (80Kb)
Complete this form to request permission to keep a pet at home. Permission will be granted depending on your local government’s rules about pets.
Application to Conduct a Business from Rental Premises (43Kb)
Complete this form to seek permission to operate business from your rental property.
Complaint Form (90Kb)
Complete this form if you have a complaint about a department tenancy or property matter e.g. excessive noise, untidy premises etc.
Transfer of credit (37Kb)
Complete this form to advise the department that you wish to use part/all of the credit in your account to pay out/reduce a current or previous debt.
Application for refund (95Kb)
Tenants are entitled to a refund of the excess credit in their rental account less the amount of two weeks rent in advance at any time.
Application for administrative access to 'Rental Tenancy File' request (34Kb)
Administrative Access enables tenants and ex-tenants of the department to gain access to specified parts of their tenancy file.
Tenant amendment form for Administration access to 'Rental Tenancy File' request (31Kb)
This form should be completed by a tenant if they have viewed their file under Administrative Access and wish to add his/her own statement to that file.
Debt review request (211Kb)
Use this form to query a public housing or bond loan debt amount owing to the department.
Household member vacating (35Kb)
Complete this form to advise the department that a household member no longer lives at your public housing property.
New household member (89Kb)
Complete this form to advise the department that a new household member is moving into your departmental property.
Last updated 17 November 2009
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