Forms for social housing tenants

Application forms

• Application for Social Housing (PDF, 1008 KB)
  Complete this form and provide supporting documentation as described in the form to apply for social housing.
  Application for Social Housing — Additional Applicants (PDF, 754.6 KB)
  Complete this form where there are more than 4 applicants and submit this with your application.

Read more about how to apply for social housing.

Income declaration and related forms

• Employer's declaration form (PDF, 633KB) or (RTF, 236KB)
  Complete this form to provide evidence of the income you receive from your job.
• Self Employed declaration form (PDF, 617KB) or (RTF, 237KB)
  Complete this form if you or a member of your household is self-employed.
• Direct debit request form (PDF 656KB) or (RTF, 210KB)
  Complete this form if you want the department to deduct your rent or other payments directly from your bank account.
• Income Confirmation Service consent authority (PDF, 713KB) or (RTF, 151KB)
  Complete this form if you want Services Australia (Centrelink) to send your income and assets details directly to the department.
• Deduction authority (Centrelink) (PDF, 713KB) or (DOC, 129KB)
  Complete this form if you want Services Australia (Centrelink) to send your rent and other housing payments directly to the department.
  Deduction authority (DVA) (PDF, 790KB) or (DOC, 130KB)
  Complete this form if you want the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to send your rent and other housing payments directly to the department.
  Authority for suspending housing payments (bank) (PDF, 770KB) or (DOC, 241KB)
  Complete this form if you want to suspend your bank direct debit for one or more payments.
• Authority for suspending housing payments (Centrelink) (PDF, 737KB) or (DOC, 239KB)
  Complete this form if you want Services Australia (Centrelink) to suspend sending your rent and other housing payments to the department.
  Authority for suspending housing payments (DVA) (PDF, 646KB) or (DOC, 124KB)
  Complete this form if you want the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) to suspend sending your rent and other housing payments to the department.
  Authority for ceasing housing payments (Bank) (PDF, 665KB) or (DOC, 114KB)
  Complete this form if you want to stop your rent and other housing payments that are being paid by bank direct debit.
  Authority for ceasing housing payments (Centrelink) (PDF, 734KB) or (DOC, 112KB)
  Complete this form if you want Centrelink to stop sending your housing payments directly to the department.
  Authority for ceasing housing payments (DVA) (PDF, 720KB) or (DOC, 115KB)
  Complete this form if you want Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) to stop sending your housing payments directly to the department.

Guardians, administrators and informal decision-makers

• Formal guardian and/or administrator details (PDF, 666KB) or (RTF, 103KB)
  Complete this form to tell the department if you have a guardian and/or administrator who has been formally appointed by the Queensland Civil Administration Tribunal (QCAT).
• Informal decision-maker details (PDF, 652KB) or (RTF, 226KB)
  Complete this form to tell the department about a family member or close friend who helps you make decisions about personal or financial matters.

Specific housing requirements

• Medical report (PDF, 654KB) or (DOCX, 65KB)
  Complete this form to get confirmation of your specific housing requirements from your doctor or other medical specialist.
• Confidential report from a hearing specialist (PDF, 643KB) or (RTF, 290KB)
  Complete this form to get confirmation of your smoke alarm requirements from a hearing specialist (e.g. Audiologist or Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist).
• Acceptance of smaller housing (PDF, 667KB) or (RTF, 221KB)
  Complete this form to confirm that you accept listing for and/or being allocated a property with fewer bedrooms than your entitlement based on your current household.

Permission to contact external parties

• Authority to request or disclose personal information to external parties (PDF, 892.8 KB) or  (RTF, 197.4 KB)
  Complete this form to give the department permission to contact other people or organisations to verify information provided in your application.
• Child support information request (PDF, 163KB) or (RTF, 369KB)
  Complete this form to give your consent for the Department of Housing to contact Services Australia directly to obtain current details of your child support payments.

Information from support providers and external parties

• Support statement (PDF, 636KB) or (DOC, 65KB)
  For use by referring agencies, domiciliary/community nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, psychologists or other support workers. Completing this form assists in the assessment of the customer's application for housing assistance.

Forms for existing department tenants

• Application for transfer (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  Complete this form if you would like to apply to move to a different departmental property.
• Application for mutual exchange (PDF, 828KB) or (RTF, 436KB)
  Complete this form if you are a department tenant who would like to apply to exchange properties with another tenant.
• Change of tenancy request form (PDF, 1.3MB)
  Complete this form if you wish to become a legal tenant at the departmental property you now live in, if the previous legal tenant is leaving the property.
• Tell us if you'll be away (online form) or
  Request for an absence application form (PDF, 646KB) or (RTF, 162KB)
  Complete this form to tell the department if you will be away from your home.
• Application to conduct a business from a departmental property (PDF, 718KB) or (RTF, 268KB)
  Complete this form to seek permission to operate a business from your home.
• Complaint form (PDF, 630KB) or (RTF, 207KB)
  Complete this form if you have a complaint about a department tenancy or property matter, e.g. excessive noise, untidy premises etc.
• Transfer of credit—client request (PDF, 684KB) or (RTF, 271KB)
  Complete this form to advise the department that you wish to use part/all of the credit in your account to pay out/reduce a current or previous debt.
• Application for administrative access to application or tenancy file (PDF, 625KB) or (RTF, 288KB)
  Complete this form to gain access to specified parts of your application or tenancy file.
• Administrative access amendment form (PDF, 662KB) or (RTF, 230KB)
• Complete this form if you viewed your file under  administrative access and want to add your own statement to your file.
• Debt review request form (PDF, 705KB) or (RTF, 210KB)
  Complete this form to query a public housing or bond loan amount owing to the department.
• Remove household member (online form) or
  Changes to your household (PDF, 746KB) or (RTF, 296KB)
  Complete this form to advise the department that a household member no longer lives at your public housing property.
• Add a household member (online form) or
  Changes to your household (PDF, 746KB) or (RTF, 296KB)
  ​Complete this form to advise the department that a new household member is moving into your public housing property.