Housing support for First Nations workers and students (Employment and Education Housing program)

If you’re a First Nations person relocating from a remote community to a regional centre to work or study, we may be able to give you housing support.

Our Employment and Education Housing (EEH) program is open to eligible people who are moving to or have recently moved to:

  • Gladstone
  • Rockhampton
  • Toowoomba
  • Townsville.

If your application is successful, you can live in the home rented to you for as long as you’re working or studying in the city.

Support you can get

You can access a wide range of support to help you succeed in your new city, including:

  • community housing
  • life skills training (e.g. budgeting)
  • help enrolling children in kindy or school
  • referrals to other support services.

Who can apply

To be eligible for the Employment and Education Housing program, you must:

  • be a First Nations person in a remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community in Queensland or have recently moved from a remote community
  • be moving to, or have recently moved to, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, or Townsville
  • meet the social housing eligibility criteria
  • provide evidence of:
    • full-time enrolment in an approved course with a high school, TAFE, registered training organisation, university, and/or other education provider
  • or
  • ongoing full-time employment or employment that could lead to a full-time job.

How to apply

To apply for housing to support your employment, education or training:

  1. Complete the Employment and Education Housing application (PDF, 692 KB).
  2. Complete the Application for housing assistance (PDF, 2 MB).
  3. Attach 2 forms of identification (e.g. birth certificate, passport, driver licence) and the required supporting documentation.
  4. Submit your applications to a community housing provider or a Housing Service Centre.

If you need help with your application, please contact us.

If there are no dwellings available

If there are no EEH dwellings available, we’ll help you explore your other housing assistance options based on the details provided in your EEH application.

More information

For more information or help, contact the community housing provider in the relevant city or a Housing Service Centre:

Gladstone and Rockhampton

Roseberry Community Services Limited
Phone: (07) 4972 0047
Email: sherrie.stringer@roseberry.org.au

Toowoomba

YellowBridge Qld
Phone: 1300 882 764
Email: housing@yellowbridgeqld.com.au

Townsville

Yumba-Meta Housing Association
Phone: (07) 4723 5611
Email: housing@yumbameta.com.au

Housing Service Centre

Contact a Housing Service Centre

If you’re a community housing provider

If you’re a registered community housing provider and have a question or need help, contact us on: