Works covered by the grant

The eligible works covered by the Stronger Homes Grant can make your home more resilient to future flood events.

You can choose more than one strategy, as long as your application does not exceed the grant amount.

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for the following resilience strategies:

• raising a washing machine and/or dryer (mounting the washing machine or dryer on a wall or flood-resilient stand)
• raising electrical switchboards or meter boxes
• raising data and electrical points
• raising hot water systems
• raising air conditioner condenser units
• raising pumps directly connected to your home
• separating electrical circuits between levels
• replacing floor coverings with flood resilient materials, including:
  • polishing/painting solid timber floorboards
  • polishing/sealing concrete
  • tiling with water-resistant adhesive and epoxy grout
• removing plasterboard wall lining and replacing with fibre cement sheet wall lining with allowance to clean the wall cavity after future flooding
• paint stud work with mould-resistant paint.

Review eligible strategies:

• Flood-resilient floors (PDF, 5.4MB)
• Raising essential services (PDF, 1MB)
• Flood-resilient wall linings (PDF, 796KB)

What to consider

Consult your local council for flood risk information for your home before deciding the height of works. It is important to consider future flood risk when making improvements to your home. Raised systems and units should be installed above the 2025 flood level, or as high as practically possible.

Some strategies may require a technical review, for example, some floor finishes may need to be assessed for their flood resilience. We’ll tell you if we need to carry out an assessment.

What’s not covered by the grant

• Reimbursements for works started before grant approval.
• Contract variations.
• Works on non-residential dwellings.
• Works on areas that are not lawfully constructed or compliant.
• Works to yard and garden areas, such as:
  • garden tanks
  • drainage works
  • retaining walls
  • driveways
  • other landscape features.
• Maintenance works, or damage from a lack of maintenance.
• Works associated with storm damage, such as roof leaks.
• Activities eligible under Structural Assistance Grants or other government grants/funding.
• Works paid for by insurance, such as replacing damaged services or ‘like-for-like’ insurance repairs.
• Works that do not make the home more resilient to a flood event.
• Works where an associated building element is not flood resilient and would adversely affect Stronger Homes Grant works.
• Works to detached non-habitable dwellings, such as sheds.
• Home raising.
• Works associated with increasing the building footprint, including extensions, enclosure of undercover areas or new decks.
• Works completed before the eligible 2025 North and Far North Queensland flood event.

Who can do the work

Eligible works need to be carried out by a suitably licensed Queensland contractor. That’s a builder or tradesperson who holds the appropriate licence.

Your licensed contractor must provide you with a valid contract that complies with Queensland legislation.

Find a local QBCC licenced contractor.

Find a licensed electrician.

Who can apply

Check if you can get the grant.

How the grant works

Learn about the steps involved to get the grant.

Contact

Enquires about the Stronger Homes Grant:

• Phone: (07) 3007 4485 (option 4)
• Email: strongerhomesgrant@housing.qld.gov.au.