Boost for homeless support locked-in

• The Crisafulli Government has locked in a 20 per cent funding boost to specialist homeless service providers and a $365 million boost for crisis accommodation for the next four years.
• The funding delivers certainty to providers for four years, after a previous uplift was ended by the former Government on June 30.
• The Crisafulli Government is delivering more support so vulnerable more Queenslanders locked out in Labor’s Housing Crisis have a place to call home

The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start for Queensland with a place to call home for more Queenslanders, locking in a major boost to homelessness services and crisis accommodation for the next four years.

Next week’s 2025-26 Queensland Budget will reverse Labor’s decision to end an uplift to specialist homeless services support on 30 June, and delivers certainty for service providers through a $208.9 million funding package - including indexation - each year to 2028-29. 

This 20 per cent uplift delivers on an election commitment, part of the Securing Our Housing Foundations Plan announced by the LNP in last year’s Budget in Reply. 

The Crisafulli Government will also deliver more than $365 million to boost crisis accommodation and housing support for people experiencing homelessness across the State. 

This includes an expanded headleasing program to provide urgent housing support for Queenslanders with nowhere else to go while we build more social and community homes.

The Budget funding boost also follows a landmark new Master Agreement with Community Housing Providers to cut red tape and accelerate delivery, and the establishment of Queensland’s inaugural Homelessness Ministerial Advisory Council.  

Labor’s Housing Crisis left a growing number of vulnerable Queenslanders locked out of a home and failed to build social and community housing to keep up with population growth. 

The Crisafulli Government is delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, with around 5,000 social and affordable homes approved or under construction, reversing Labor’s failed approach that saw an average of only 509 homes built per year under their decade in power. 

Treasurer David Janetzki said the Crisafulli Government was committed to easing Labor’s Housing Crisis with more support for the most vulnerable Queenslanders.

“We are delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, and that starts with more support for our crisis accommodation and specialist homeless support services,” Mr Janetzki said.   
  
“The Crisafulli Government is delivering certainty by locking in the support needed for the next four years – something Labor never did.” 

Minister for Housing and Public Works Sam O’Connor said the investment into the delivery of frontline housing and homelessness services was vital while the Government worked to deliver more housing supply. 

“We are working to ease Labor’s heartbreaking homelessness legacy with a stable and credible plan,” Minister O’Connor said. 

“We are delivering more frontline housing and homelessness support while we invest in boosting housing supply to help vulnerable Queenslanders who were locked out of a home because of Labor’s Housing Crisis. 

“Our first Budget shows we are serious about delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, sooner.”

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