Eligible organisations can apply for a grant of up to $50,000 (ex GST) through this application to cover the cost of tailored assistance from the Approved Professional Advisory Panel.

Eligible organisations can apply for grants to support any growth-related activity, including but not limited to:

• Finance: project and business financial modelling, financial risk analysis, and key ratios.
• Business planning: project and business planning, preparation of business cases, forming partnerships, monitoring results.
• Property development: developing or procuring new social and affordable housing, mixed tenure, sustainable and accessible property design, urban planning, place-making.
• Risk analysis and management: understanding risks (business, financial, policy, governance etc.) and managing, monitoring, and mitigating risk.
• Partnership development: Costs associated with developing strategic and operational partnerships to deliver more housing supply.
• Growth readiness assessments: Costs associated with developing growth readiness assessments.
• Strategic asset management: Costs associated with developing or strengthening strategic asset management and strategic asset management plans (SAMP).
• Internal capability uplift: Costs associated with increasing the internal capability of CHPs and ICHOs to deliver growth in social and affordable housing.
• Feasibility: Cost associated with assessing the feasibility of proposed developments.

This stream provides grants of up to $100,000 for any growth-ready or likely to grow organisations, including projects that:

• Align with the Queensland Government's housing objectives.
• Build sustainable organisational capacity to deliver additional homes in the future.
• Support the growth of social and/or affordable housing within the next 3-5 years.

The General grants stream is targeted to organisations that are growth-ready or likely to grow and meet the eligibility criteria.

Organisations must meet all the following criteria to be eligible for funding under this stream:

• Organisations must be a community housing provider or an Indigenous Community Housing Organisation (under the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH), or the Queensland State Regulatory System for Community Housing (QSRSCH).
• Organisations must be delivering or intending to deliver additional housing supply in Queensland.
• Organisations must have supply growth as a strategic objective.

Organisations that were recipients of a grant during Round 1 and Round 2 of the Community Housing Futures Business Advisory Program are eligible to submit applications provided all previous acquittals have been completed.

• Email: communityhousingfutures@qshelter.asn.au
• Website: https://www.communityhousingfutures.org.au/community-housing-futures/contact-us/