- Albanese and Crisafulli Governments delivering Brisbane's first Youth Foyer to provide 40 homes with support built-in for young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
- Proven model delivers stable housing and 24/7 help for young Queenslanders to build independence and learn essential skills for life.
- Part of the Crisafulli Government's plan to deliver eight new youth foyers across state after only two were built over the last decade.
The Albanese and Crisafulli Governments are delivering on their commitment to increase housing support for vulnerable young Queenslanders, with Brisbane and Ipswich to each be home to one of eight new youth foyers being delivered across the state.
A Chermside site has been identified for the Brisbane project, which will provide 40 self-contained units with wraparound support for young people facing housing insecurity in Brisbane.
Ipswich is also set to receive a new youth foyer as part of the statewide rollout expanding this proven model to more communities.
Youth foyers offer vulnerable young people aged 16-25 with stable housing in a supported living environment while they are learning and earning.
Tenants are required to pay around 25 per cent of their income in rent and receive 24/7 on-site support while they enter education, training or work.
The Brisbane Youth Foyer is being delivered with support from the Albanese Federal Government's Housing Australia Future Fund Crisis and Transitional program, with construction starting in early 2027.
The new youth foyers are the latest of eight foyers the Crisafulli Government is delivering to help more vulnerable young Queenslanders benefit from this successful evidence-based model.
Construction is progressing on the Cairns Youth Foyer at Manoora, while design works are well underway for the Moreton Bay Youth Foyer at Redcliffe.
Planning and design work is also underway for a youth foyer at Hervey Bay, with the other four locations to be finalised.
Youth Foyers form a key part of the Crisafulli Government's plan to deliver 53,500 social and community homes by 2044, including expanded pathways for vulnerable cohorts.
Federal Minister for Housing, Homelessness and Cities, Clare O'Neil said the Brisbane youth foyer was one of many projects under the Albanese Government's record $1.2 billion crisis and transitional housing investment that will support thousands of women, children and young people each year.
"The Albanese Labor Government has brought the Commonwealth back into building more homes for those doing it toughest, and the Brisbane Foyer is a great example of that – giving younger people the support they need in a crisis," Minister O'Neil said.
"The Housing Australia Future Fund is delivering more accommodation for young people when they need it most and it's great to partner with the Crisafuli Government to deliver it."
Minister for Housing and Public Works Sam O'Connor said the youth foyers ensured more young Queenslanders have the support the need to succeed.
"Youth foyers are a proven model that change lives, and it's time young people in Brisbane and Ipswich have the housing support they deserve," Minister O'Connor said.
"These are so much more than just a roof over someone's head, foyers give young people who are earning or learning the stable foundation they need to build whatever life they aspire to live.
"Over the last decade youth homelessness kept getting worse yet only two new youth foyers were opened."
"Housing with wraparound supports is vital to ensure these vulnerable young Queenslanders don't fall through the cracks and instead have a pathway to a more secure, independent future."
Medical receptionist Bailey, 22, said she received vital support and made life-long friends during two years' living at the Gold Coast Youth Foyer, after experiencing homelessness.
Bailey combines full-time work with study, lives independently and recently spent six weeks volunteering in Nepal as part of her goal to forge a career in humanitarian aid.
"I'm really passionate about advocating for more youth foyers and showing young people who come from difficult backgrounds that their future can still be full of opportunity," she said.
"The foyer for me was a safe, stable place to breathe and recollect my thoughts and make plans after such an unstable childhood.
"It enabled me to go from having a quite low opinion of myself to building up confidence and believing in myself and what I could do."
