Flood resilience for North and Far North Queensland (Stronger Homes Grant)
If you’ve been affected by the 2025 North and Far North Queensland flood event, you may be eligible for a grant to improve your home’s resilience against future flooding.
The Stronger Homes Grant will be available for eligible works up to $10,000. Eligible works could include raising electrical switchboards and replacing wall lining to be flood resilient.
Applications for the grant will open mid-March 2025.
Who can apply
To be eligible for the grant, you may need to demonstrate certain information about your home:
Your home is a residence. This means your home is a house, unit, granny flat, or manufactured home that is not used primarily for business purposes.
You're the homeowner or property owner. You may need to provide a rates notice or register of title.
Your home was affected by the 2025 North and Far North Queensland floods. You will need to submit photographs of the flood damage.
Your home is in an eligible local government area.
The following local government areas are eligible under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA):
Barcaldine Shire Council
Blackall-Tambo Regional Council
Boulia Shire Council
Burdekin Shire Council
Cairns Regional Council
Carpentaria Shire Council
Cassowary Coast Regional Council
Charters Towers Regional Council
Cloncurry Shire Council
Cook Shire Council
Croydon Shire Council
Diamantina Shire Council
Douglas Shire Council
Etheridge Shire Council
Flinders Shire Council
Hinchinbrook Shire Council
Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire Council
Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire Council
Longreach Shire Council
McKinlay Shire Council
Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council
Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire Council
Richmond Shire Council
Tablelands Regional Council
Townsville City Council
Whitsunday Regional Council
Winton Shire Council
Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council
The grant is available to insured and uninsured homeowners.
How the grant will be paid
If you’re uninsured, we will pay the grant directly to the builder or tradesperson.
If you’re insured, and work is being undertaken as part of a claim, we will pay the grant directly to the insurance company.
If you’re insured, and have taken an insurance claim payout, we will pay the grant directly to the builder or tradesperson.
We will pay the grant to your builder or tradesperson, or your insurance company, once works are completed.
What the grant can be used for
Eligible homeowners can apply for grants of up to $10,000. Funding will be available for resilient strategies such as:
raising your washing machine and/or dryer by mounting on a wall or flood-resilient stand
raising the electrical switchboard(s) and meter box
raising data and electrical points
raising your hot water system
raising air conditioner condenser units
raising pumps directly connected to your home
separating electrical circuits between levels
replacing floor coverings with flood resilient materials
removing plasterboard wall lining and replace with fibre cement sheet wall lining, with the ability to clean the wall cavity in future
paint stud work to prevent future mould
other works that support resilience.
Additional resilient strategies are under consideration and further information will be made available once applications open.
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