Housing

We believe that there is nothing more fundamental than having somewhere affordable, accessible, secure, and safe to live.

We know that when you don’t have somewhere to live or living in inadequate housing, this has a flow on effect to all parts of your life. It effects your physical and mental health, ability to find and keep a job, and build a social network in your communities.

We believe the ability to choose where and with whom one lives is a basic human right.

We believe that our Four Principles for Inclusive Housing – Rights, Inclusion, Choice and Control are key to drive change in practice, services, design, policy and legislation.

My Housing Options

The My Housing Options website is a practical Toolkit co-designed for people with disability and those who support them to explore, understand, and plan for their housing choices.

It provides information, videos, activities, and downloadable resources to guide someone through thinking about where they want to live, the support they may need, and how to take steps toward their housing goals.

Who is the My Housing Options Toolkit for?

The Toolkit is for:

People with disability: To help explore their housing needs, preferences, and goals.
Families, carers, supporters, advocates, housing and disability support providers: To guide person-centred conversations, provide tailored information, and support people with disability in thinking about their housing options.

You can click on the following link to find out more:
https://myhousingoptions.org.au/

Small Changes, Big Difference- Renting and home modifications

Small changes to a rental home can make the biggest difference. Improving accessibility for people with disability can increase the value and appeal of your property and attracting long-term, secure tenants.

The Small Changes, Big Difference campaign supports people with disability to understand how these home modifications can be requested and installed in private rentals, while also helping property owners adopt best practice in supporting tenants with disability.

You can click ion the following link to find out more about this campaign:
https://qdn.org.au/home-mods/

Queensland Housing Summit

New and Improved housing support for Queenslanders now available. Click here to read.

From these findings a report was developed, which you can read here.

National Construction Code Joint Statement

Everyone needs a home that supports their independence, safety and wellbeing — whether they’re living with disability, ageing, or caring for loved ones.

That’s why 52 organisations representing people with disability, older Queenslanders, carers, and the housing, health and community sectors are standing together to support Queensland’s continued implementation of the Livable Housing Design Standard (LHDS) under the National Construction Code.

Read our joint statement to find out why this matters — and how you can support it.

Click here to read the statement: National Construction Code Joint Statement

Submissions and consultations

Ensuring people with disability have a voice on issues that affect them is at the heart of what we do.

Our members experience multiple issues when using housing services. We know that people with disability must be part of the solution. They should be actively involved in the design, conduct and evaluation of the housing system.

In the past we have consulted with members to make submissions about:

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