National Rental Affordability Scheme – renting under the scheme
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The National Rental Affordability Scheme, an Australian Government initiative, financially supported by the Queensland Government, will help increase the supply of affordable rental dwellings across Australia by up to 50,000 by 2012, and a further 50,000 after July 2012, subject to demand.
Under the scheme, investors will build new affordable housing and rents will be set at least at 20% below the market rent for the properties. In Queensland, the Department of Housing will refer eligible applicants to the National Rental Affordability Scheme tenancy managers, who will select tenants, and manage the properties built under the scheme and the tenancies.A 
fact sheet (35Kb) outlining tenant eligibility requirements under the scheme is available for further information.
If you meet the tenant eligibility requirements for the scheme, you should check the location of properties approved under the scheme, before completing a tenancy application form (379Kb). Check back often as the department will update the list of locations and properties as they become available.
If you are already on the social housing register to access housing assistance, and are ineligible for or unlikely to be offered social housing because you are not in higher need than others, you will be contacted by the department to consider available National Rental Affordability Scheme properties in your selected housing area/s.
Last updated 27 August 2009
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