Housing for people with disability
If you have a disability and need housing assistance, contact your local Housing Service Centre to discuss your housing needs.
We will talk with you about your circumstances to find the housing option that will work best for you. This might be:
- renting in the private market
- public housing and community housing.
Help with renting in the private market
We can help you access and sustain suitable housing in the private rental market.
Learn more about our private housing rent assistance products.
Public and community housing tenants
If you have a physical, intellectual, sensory or psycho-social disability that affects your housing need, we can help you by:
- working with you to understand your needs
- modifying public and community housing on a case-by-case basis
- providing extra bedrooms for a live-in carer, or storing disability or medical equipment
- conducting occupational therapist assessments to help determine suitable housing
- considering other housing needs, such as health and safety, independence and quality of life.
Home modifications
Home modifications may be available if you live in, or are moving in to, public and community housing and:
- have a disability, health condition or are aging
- need help to care for a household member with a disability, health condition or who is aging
- are having difficulty with daily household activities, such as using your bath or reaching high cupboards.
An occupational therapist can visit you at home and assess your health, safety and independence needs. You will be contacted to talk about the home modifications the department can offer.
Your housing options under NDIS
Under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), people are supported to live in the community and can choose where they want to live and who they want to live with.
The NDIS provides support to eligible people with intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial disability and is designed to help people get the support they need so their skills and independence improve over time.
Talk to the NDIS local area coordinator in your area to discuss access to disability support under the NDIS or call 13 QGOV (13 74 68). The NDIS can help you with information about Specialist Disability Accommodation.
Pets, guide dogs, hearing dogs and assistance animals
If you have a pet, or assistance animal to assist you with a disability or medical condition, talk to us about your needs.
Read more about pets in public housing.
Housing principles for inclusive communities
Our responses to housing needs are guided by the principles of rights, choice, control and inclusion.
Learn more about the housing principles for inclusive communities.