Housing and homelessness services
STARH program
- Tenancy issues
- Financial problems or debts
- Physical or emotional health issues
- Loss or reduction in employment
- Relationship and/or family breakdown
- Social isolation.
- Stabilise and sustain housing
- Provide tenancy advice and support
- Develop life skills and household management skills
- Connect with your family and community.
- Health and legal services
- Employment and training
- Family services
- Other specialist services including housing services.
Specialist Youth Housing Service
The Specialist Youth Housing Service (SYHS) can provide support for young people and families aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
SYHS's mobile support program in the Logan and Brisbane southwest regions aims to support young people to gain or sustain a safe tenancy by guiding clients through the entire process, from attending inspections to moving in and understanding tenancy responsibilities.
SYHS also includes access to immediate and transitional supported accommodation properties in the Logan and Forest Lake areas.
Supported accommodation services include:
- independent housing
- holistic case worker support
- assistance with developing rental knowledge and skills
- assistance with developing independent living skills
- referrals to other services and support.
- help seeking access to the private rental market
- support to access shared and supported accommodation within the community
- advocating with real estate agents
- budgeting and life skill development
- building skills and knowledge on obtaining and sustaining a tenancy
- information, advice and advocacy
- referrals to other services and support
Lockyer Valley Housing Services
Lockyer Valley Housing Services (LVHS) can provide support for people in the Lockyer Valley area who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness.
LVHS’s centre-based access program provides support, access and referrals to services that can assist people to gain or sustain stable accommodation.
The centre-based support program provides ongoing case management support with the aim to find, secure and sustain stable accommodation.
- Help seeking access to the private rental market
- Advocating with real estate agents
- Budgeting and life skill development
- Referrals to other support services
- Providing support to access accommodation within the community.
- Access to five (5) properties
- Low-level support
- Case management and referrals
- Accommodation period dependent on need
- Assistance with building a rental history
- Rent is based on a percentage of the tenant's income.
Logan Youth Foyer
The Logan Youth Foyer provide safe, stable transitional accommodation for young people aged 16–25 experiencing housing difficulty, while offering tailored support in education, employment, health, and relationships to help them build independence and transition into long-term housing.
YHARS
If you or someone you know is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, the Youth Housing and Reintegration Support (YHARS) service may be able to provide support. We can help if you're:
- A young person between the ages of 12 - 21years
- Sleeping rough or in unstable or temporary housing
- Residing in the South West Brisbane catchment area
- Transitioning from the care of Child Safety Services
- Transitioning into the community after a period of sentence or remand in a Youth Detention Centre.
Through case management YHARS supports young people to:
- Identify their barriers to stable accommodation
- Source, apply and transition into safe and affordable accommodation
- Gain greater independence and stability
- Reconnect with their family, peers and community
- Explore, maintain and improve their participation in education, training or employment
- Connect with specialist support services.
The program is funded by the Australian and Queensland Government’s Homeless National Partnership Agreement.
There are two components within the YHARS Program:
- 301 Brisbane - East
- 302 Brisbane - North
- 303 Brisbane - South
- 304 Brisbane - West
- 305 Brisbane Inner City
- 309 Gold Coast
- 310 Ipswich
- 311 Logan - Beaudesert
- 313 Moreton Bay - South
- 314 Moreton Bay - North
- 316 Sunshine Coast
- 319 Wide Bay.
Applicants must be aged between 17-21 years and be homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Applicants must be exiting or transitioning from child safety statutory interventions.
The YHARS Housing Support Service provides support to young people aged 12-21 years who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, within Inala or 30 surrounding suburbs.
The service aims to transition young people into safe and affordable accommodation through providing individual case management to support them to build their capacity and reach for their goals.
We work alongside young people to help them find their hope and their way through challenges they are experiencing.
If you would like to find out more, please call us on (07) 3151 6666 or fill out the form below.
