- DFV Rent Assist Brokerage scheme to assist victim-survivors with accommodation.
- Statewide assistance for approved support providers.
- Up to $50,000 will be available to each successful service provider under the scheme.
Queensland's domestic and family violence (DFV) support providers can now apply for grants from the new $2.5m DFV Rent Assist Brokerage scheme to assist victim-survivors with housing issues.
Up to $50,000 will be available to each successful DFV service under the scheme.
The scheme will help specialist DFV services across the state to assist victim-survivors of DFV to either secure or maintain housing, with applications for funding to be lodged by 16 November 2023.
Types of assistance the funds are expected to provide, but not limited to, are rental arrears, where a debt presents an imminent risk of homelessness, rental debts from a previous tenancy that would inhibit a private rental market application, rental assistance or the cost of repairs to damage to a rental property caused by DFV.
In addition, service providers have flexibility in the way they distribute funds which can also be tailored to a client's needs, including purchasing food or even white goods.
Access to funds has been streamlined with minimal red tape, allowing successful service provider applicants to provide much-needed support for victim-survivors in a swift and cost-effective manner.
The criteria for selecting organisations to deliver brokerage funding include:
- are an existing funded DFV service, delivering support to people experiencing DFV
- have a suitable brokerage policy and procedure demonstrating their expertise in delivering the program
- have the capacity to administer and distribute the grant funds by 30 June 2026 within a local integrated service system.
Successful applications will be announced as soon as possible.
DFV Rent Assist Brokerage funds will be utilised in conjunction with other housing products available to assist victim-survivors to access or maintain housing in the private rental market.
