Queensland Disability Housing Coalition

A Home of Your Own

COMMUNITY RENT SCHEMES

WHAT IS CRS HOUSING?

Community Rent Schemes [CRS] are independent, community based organisations that provide short to medium term accommodation to public housing applicants with an immediate housing need.

There are 28 CRS housing organisations in Queensland. CRS focuses on people already on the public housing waiting list yet have immediate housing needs in the CRS serviced area. CRS Housing is short term therefore once you receive an appropriate offer from the DOH, you move out of CRS Housing into public housing.

TARGET GROUPS

People with a disability;
Young people;
Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people;
Single people; and
Women and children affected by domestic violence.

HOW DO YOU APPLY?

Contact the relevant organisation operating in your area. Discussions can be held over the phone or in person with the CRS Worker. There may be a significant waiting time before the CRS Worker can offer you a place. Two CRS organisations provide housing solely to young people up to 25 years of age.

PEOPLE TO TALK TO

Community Rent Scheme Workers. Contact the worker closest to your area. They may also have housing options available in the surrounding areas.
Phone


Cairns	4031 6702
Innisfail	4061 6388
Mossman and Port Douglas	4098 2032
Mt Isa	4743 9058
Tablelands
Atherton	4091 5356
Mareeba	4092 7042
Townsville	4772 5475
Townsville (Youth)	4721 5078
Longreach	4658 3453
Gympie	5482 8959
Fraser Coast (inc Hervey Bay)	4124 1183
Mackay	4957 6292
Rockhampton	4922 7668
Yeppoon	4939 4740
Bundaberg	4153 1192
Gladstone	4972 8220
Maryborough	4121 4515
Albert & Logan	3808 2206
Brisbane Youth (under 25)	3252 1394
Caboolture	5495 8690
Gold Coast	5570 2750
Brisbane Inner City	3891 5766
Brisbane Inner North	3857 7070
Brisbane Outer North	3269 5322
Brisbane South	3344 3788
Sunshine Coast; Nambour	5476 0660
Toowoomba	4639 3821
Wynnum / Redlands	3893 3299
Ipswich	3812 0422
Brisbane (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People)	3269 1573

BOARDING HOUSE PROGRAM

Boarding houses cater for single people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. These houses are provides in areas of high need including inner city. Brisbane, Cairns, the Gold Coast, Townsville and Nambour.

For more information, contact your nearest Department of Housing Office.

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