National and state housing agreements
The Queensland Government receives Australian Government funding assistance to support and complement Queensland Government investment in delivery of:
- new social and affordable and crisis and transitional homes
- housing-enabling infrastructure
- housing and homelessness services.
Commonwealth funding for social housing and homelessness services is provided under the National Agreement on Social Housing and Homelessness (NASHH), which replaced the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) from 1 July 2024.
Under the NASHH, Queensland expects to receive $1.86 billion over five years from 2024–25 as a contribution to the operation of the social housing and homelessness service systems.
Reporting on the NASHH is made publicly available by 31 December of the following financial year, or a later date agreed by the Commonwealth and Queensland.
The Queensland Government has entered agreements with Housing Australia to secure funding through the Housing Australia Future Fund to support the delivery of social and affordable homes in Queensland.
The Queensland Government continues to work constructively with the Australian Government to ensure Queensland receives its adequate share of federal funding to support improved housing outcomes for Queenslanders, including:
- to secure Queensland’s notional allocation of funding for crisis and transitional housing through the National Housing Infrastructure Facility Crisis and Transitional program
- to ensure future HAFF funding rounds support fair funding outcomes for Queensland
- through Australian Government commitments to deliver 100,000 Homes for First Home Buyers, to increase delivery of prefabricated and modular construction, and to expand social housing thermal comfort and energy upgrades.
In 2024-25, Queensland signed agreements for the:
- Social Housing Energy Performance Initiative (SHEPI), which commits $58 million to Queensland over 3 years from 2024–25 for social housing thermal comfort and energy efficiency upgrades. This includes:
- 40 million for a thermal comfort program, being delivered by the Department of Housing and Public Works (DHPW)
- $18 million for community housing energy upgrades, being delivered through Queensland Treasury.
- Housing Support Program – Stream 1 (HSP1) and Community Enabling Infrastructure Stream, which commits $108.8 million to Queensland, with $10.1 million allocated to DHPW, $98.5 million to local governments and $290,000 to Economic Development Queensland, to improve planning capability and deliver community enabling infrastructure and amenities.
- Housing Australia Future Fund Acute Housing Measure, which commits $25 million to Queensland in the first round for the repairs, maintenance and improvements of housing in remote Indigenous communities.
Queensland continues to implement other Australian Government funding arrangements, including:
- Social Housing Accelerator payment ($398.3 million received in 2022–23) to deliver additional social housing
- Housing Support Program Priority Works Stream ($199.2 million received in 2023-24, with $100.5 million allocated to Economic Development Queensland and $98.7 million to DHPW) to deliver enabling infrastructure and social housing.
Australian Government funding to the states and territories is subject to the: