Partnering for inclusive housing with Queenslanders with disability 2024-2027
A safe, affordable and useable home is fundamental for people with disability to have a good life. Living in a suitable house that meets our needs is the foundation for good health, steady employment and education, and can enable people with disability and their families to feel included in all aspects of their lives.
People with disability experience a range of barriers to getting and keeping safe, secure and affordable housing, including a lack of appropriate housing and a service system that is difficult to access and navigate.
People with disability:
- are more likely to experience homelessness, poverty, housing stress or live in insecure housing
- are at increased risk of domestic, family and sexual violence
- face difficulties accessing the private rental market
- are under-represented in home ownership.
Partnering for inclusive housing with Queenslanders with disability 2024-2027 (PDF, 2656.69 KB) sets out a joint vision for Queensland Government’s commitment to strengthen partnerships with people with lived experience of disability, peak bodies and housing, homelessness and disability service sectors to improve housing outcomes for people with disability.
This plan:
- provides the strategic framework that will deliver on the Homes for Queenslanders and associated action plans
- is supported by the 4 housing principles for inclusive communities of rights, choice, control, inclusion and a human rights–based approach.
Our vision
People with disability have an opportunity to live independently, exercise their rights, choice and control over where, how and with whom they live, in a safe environment where they are known and included in the community and can live free from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Our co-design journey: what ‘home’ means to people with disability
Our co-design journey: what ‘home’ means to people with disability (PDF, 1262.76 KB) (Our co-design journey) is a companion document to Partnering for inclusive housing. The two plans are intrinsically linked and benefit from being read together.
Our co-design journey shares the evidence collected from people with disability and key stakeholders regarding housing for people with disability and demonstrates how the voice of people with disability has been heard and how the feedback influenced the five pillars of Partnering for inclusive housing.