In 2016, one of Q Shelter’s founders and lifelong members, Deirdre Coghlan, passed away. In honour of her memory, Q Shelter established a bursary to help those in the housing and homelessness sector access...
Below is an excerpt from our recent letter dated 13 July 2022 to The Hon Cameron Dick, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment. To read the full letter, please click here. Dear Treasurer...
The Auditor General’s report on delivering social housing services shows 78% growth in the register of need over four years. In just one year, the number of households waiting for social housing in...
21 April 2022 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Federal Leaders’ Debate Falls Short on Nationally Co-ordinated Approach to Housing Solutions Housing and Homelessness peak body, Q Shelter was heartened to hear...
Q Shelter welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Queensland State Government. Its purpose is to address housing need and homelessness as the recovery from COVID-19 progresses, and in the...
Former aged-care residential units will be transformed into affordable housing for low-income older women in Bellingen on the NSW Mid North Coast. Key points: Homes for 16 women will be ready within...
Sisters of Mercy are looking to build local cost housing in the region in response to the growing rental crisis facing Griffith and surrounding suburbs. Sister Teresa Foley said the mission to build...
The concept of affordable housing has changed significantly since the uniform state houses of the 1950s and ‘60s. These days, many social houses are deliberately indistinguishable from their KiwiBuild...
Older people are the fastest growing subpopulation of people experiencing homelessness and of people using homelessness services in the nation, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare...
The Tasmanian Liberal Government is providing an unprecedented and massive investment into public housing and home affordability. The latest monthly dashboard update shows that we have now built 1,177 long...