Social housing register data update shows sustained pressure
New analysis from Queensland’s peak body for the community sector shows there are 45,958 people on Queensland’s social housing register. 26,286, 90.8 per cent [...]
Below you will find a list of all posts that have been categorised as ""
Families splitting up to keep children safe in homeless crisis
Housing services reveal heartbreaking choices they are being forced to make Homeless families are being forced to split up, with some parents choosing to [...]
Unprecedented joint call for more state social housing funding
Queensland’s housing crisis has sparked an unprecedented, statewide call from councils, community services, and industry bodies for an increase in social housing funding in [...]
Prime Minister Albanese is living proof that we must end Queensland’s housing crisis
Queensland has an unprecedented opportunity to fix the state’s housing crisis, with Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese rising from public housing to the nation’s top job. QCOSS congratulates [...]
Federal government action forces 8,219 more Queensland families to face homelessness
More than 8,000 Queensland families face eviction as the Federal Government phases out its National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) in the middle of the [...]
Nowhere to live for Queensland children facing domestic violence and homelessness
Families face dire economic and social impacts for generations to come if Queensland’s record housing social housing waitlist is not urgently fixed. New analysis [...]
Urgent increase to disaster payments needed
QCOSS and ACOSS are calling for the Federal Government to immediately increase the Disaster Recovery Payment to help people survive the massive hardships caused [...]
State government must provide COVID support to all community services
Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) CEO Aimee McVeigh has welcomed news that neighbourhood and community centres will receive $20,000 grants in recognition of COVID-19 pressures but said there must be a coordinated approach for the community services sector from the Queensland government.
Charities left unprotected as Omicron waves continue
Charities and frontline services are spending millions of dollars on personal protective equipment and rapid antigen tests as government tells the sector they will [...]
2021 report shows Queenslanders struggling to afford the basics
QCOSS’ 2021 Living Affordability in Queensland report shows many Queensland households are struggling to afford the basics.