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A resource hub for the housing & homelessness sector

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Featured Resources

Service Integration

This program works across Queensland to strengthen local service systems to deliver sustainable housing and comprehensive support pathways for people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness.

Tenant Participation

A dedicated group of public and community housing tenants who aim to integrate ‘lived experience’ participation mechanisms and practices in public and community housing.

Tenancy Sustainment

This paper explores tenancy sustainment frameworks including supportive tenancy management, direct support provision and how these can be integrated to end homelessness.

Register of Opportunities

A database of grants across Queensland that could be relevant for various housing and homelessness related stakeholders.

Research Category

Browse the latest open access academic research topics of interest to the housing and homelessness sector.

Webinars and Presentations

A selection of free webinars, online recordings and conference presentations related to our sector.

Sector Orientation

What is homelessness? Why does it happen? Who experiences it?

Hoarding & Squalor

Toolkits, links and resources relating to this complex issue.

What Is The Deck?

The Deck is a clearing house for the housing and homelessness sector in Queensland.

It has emerged from significant interest across the sector including Government and community services, to improve access to research, tools and resources that strengthen practice and build knowledge.

The Deck was commissioned by the Queensland Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works and Q Shelter has been funded as part of the Partnering for Impact strategy, to develop and deliver the project.

A Place

To share best-practice information, resources, research, tools, jobs and events

A Hub

For collaboration between Queensland’s housing, homelessness and community sectors

A Community

Working towards better outcomes for those experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity

What’s New?

First home buyers purchasing a new build will no longer need to pay stamp duty under new laws set to…

‘Decades of poor performance’ in dwelling construction is contributing to the housing affordability crisis, report says. The Australian housing construction…

Urban planners say Australia’s community consultation system is worsening the country’s housing crisis. Economist Peter Tulip says community consultations have…

House prices never fall very much in Australia. Even in the recessions of 1982 and 1991 they only fell 6.2…

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