Organization : Queensland Government
Facility : Apply for Bond Loans & Rental Grants
Location : Queensland
Country : Australia
Website : https://www.hpw.qld.gov.au/blarga/
HPW QLD Apply for Bond Loans & Rental Grants
A Bond Loan is an interest-free loan to cover your rental bond when moving into private rental accommodation. The loan is up to a maximum of 4 weeks rent, and must be repaid.
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A Rental Grant is a one-off grant of 2 weeks rent – it helps people in housing crisis to move into private rental housing. A Rental Grant is paid directly to your agent or lessor (landlord) after the tenancy starts.
Eligibility Criteria
Bond Loan
To be eligible, all of the following conditions must be met.
** You’re not currently living in the property for which the bond is needed.
** You’re an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a temporary protection or bridging visa.
** You don’t own, or part-own :
i. a residential property
ii. a caravan, mobile home or live-aboard boat permanently connected to household utilities.
** You have less than $2500 in cash or savings between all the Bond Loan applicants (not including dependents).
** You don’t have any outstanding debts with the department.
** You choose a property where the rent does not exceed 60% of the total gross weekly income of all applicants listed on the application.
Rental Grant
To be eligible, you must meet all of the above conditions for a bond loan and cannot have received a Rental Grant before.
You must also meet 1 of the following conditions :
** you stayed more than 28 continuous days in a homelessness service (e.g. emergency housing or a women’s shelter), or in accommodation arranged by a homelessness service, and apply for the Rental Grant within 3 months of leaving
** you have left a correctional facility after staying at least 28 days, and apply for the Rental Grant within 3 months of leaving
** you have left a hospital or health facility within the last 3 months, stayed there for at least 28 days, and apply for the Rental Grant within 3 months of leaving
** you are leaving a child protection service
** you or a member of your household is escaping domestic and family violence
** you are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
** you are leaving a community-based rent scheme in Queensland to move into private rental accommodation, and apply for the Rental Grant within 14 days of leaving.
Apply For Assistance
You may be eligible to apply for a bond loan, rental grant or both, depending on your situation. There are different rules for bond loans and rental grants. If you haven’t found a property to rent, you may be eligible for a pre-approved bond loan.
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By registering your details you can save your online application at any time. You can return to a saved application within 28 days if you need more time to fill it out or attach your information.
Before you can save your application, you will need to enter the first name, last name, date of birth and contact number for each tenant. We need this in case we need to contact you about your saved application.