Queensland Disability Housing Coalition

A Home of Your Own

SMART HOUSING

If you are a homeowner, buyer, renovator, builder, designer or architect, you may be interested in the Smart Housing concept.

Smart Housing involves good, common sense design, planning and construction to ensure homes are affordable, energy efficient, safe and secure, and universally designed.

The Smart Housing initiative aims to show you how to plan the building or renovating of your home to ensure it meets your needs now and in the future.

For more information and examples of properties to visit that include Smart Housing elements, contact the Department of Housing on (07) 3238 3683 or visit the Smart Housing web site at www.smarthousing.qld.gov.au.

The Department has also designed and built a family home in Rockhampton that is being used to test some new and innovative design ideas, technologies, and building products and practices
The Towards Healthy and Sustainable Housing Research Project demonstrates simple and cost effective options that can help protect the environment, improve your health and the livability of your home wile increasing the value of your investment.

This research will provide you with information on choices you can make to ensure your home is safe, comfortable and affordable over its lifespan.

For more information, contact the Department of Housing on (07) 3224 5205 or visit the Department’s web site www.housing.qld.gov.au.

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