Social housing and private rental assistance
Check your eligibility for social housing or private rental assistance and find a housing office near you.
Eligibility for social housing
Social housing is short and long-term, secure, affordable rental housing for people on low incomes with housing needs. It includes public, community and Aboriginal housing.
Public housing is managed by the Department of Communities and Justice, while community housing is managed by non-government organisations and not-for-profit agencies.
- Check your eligibility for social housing
- Apply for housing assistance for private rental and social housing
- Access MyHousing online services
- Find a housing office
- Find help renting a place to live and check your eligibility
- Apply for a Rentstart Bond Loan for a private rental
- Make an appeal to the Housing Appeals Committee