Ten community organisations have received funding totaling over $148,000 from the RTA. The successful organisations were chosen from a field of 22 applications requesting a total amount of $283,398.
Grants have been awarded to projects targeting a range of RTA priority target groups and geographical areas including:
- $3,700 to Mt Isa Christian Broadcasters Association to educate the Mt Isa community.
- $21,852 to the Tenants' Union of Qld to improve awareness of tenants' rights and responsibilities for indigenous people living in Caboolture and inner city Brisbane through the accredited tenancy training of 20 indigenous people (10 Caboolture and 10 inner city) and the cultural up-skilling of existing tenancy workers in selected TAASQ's.
- $22,820 to Australian Red Cross to design a training package on the Residential Tenancies Act 1994 using accelerated learning processes, to be delivered to staff of indigenous organisations who would then pass this on to their tenants. This package will be designed in a 'train the trainer' format and will specifically meet the needs of indigenous tenants because it can then be delivered by community housing staff as an ongoing process of learning rather than as a one-off training.
- $14,880 to Toowoomba Advocacy and Support Service, and the Tenants' Union of Queensland to increase awareness of residents' rights and responsibilities in boarding houses and other accommodation covered by the Residential Services (Accommodation) Act 2002, through a number of different engagement processes including the development of peer networks and supports for residents in individual boarding houses.
- $30,000 to the Ethnic Communities Council of Qld who aim to consolidate the learning of the individuals who participated in the first Communtiy partners Project in 2006 and to further strengthen the links between culturally and linguistically diverse communities and TAAS(Q) services in the wider Brisbane area.
- $7,940 to Interlink Housing and Support Association Incorporated to consolidate the success of the 2006/07 Tenancy Training Kit project through the development of a culturally and linguistically appropriate board game to be used in conjunction with the Kit and tenancy information workshops delivered to tenants from emerging communities.
- $9,270 to the New Farm Neighborhood Centre Inc to develop an independent website for international students focusing on the provision of multilingual information about the Residential Services (Accommodation) Act 2002 and the Residential Tenancies Act 1994. It is proposed that the site will be linked to other student education sites and the RTA, and will complement existing information to address the gap in CALD/language specific information for students.
- $8,495 to the Migrant Resource Centre Townsville - Thuringowa Ltd to educate and empower tenants from local emerging communities about tenancy and residential issues through the tenancy training of community facilitators. The project also aims to raise awareness and understanding of refugee issues amongst real estate agents and private lessors through the convening of a forum.
- $15,000 to Student Services Griffith University to inform both domestic and international students about their rights and responsibilities in share houses, through the peer leadership training model used in the previous grant project given to this organisation. That is, students will be trained in tenancy law and then employed to deliver information to their peers.
- $15,000 to Queensland University of Technology Counselling Services to develop information resources (including a website) for students in share houses, addressing particularly the information gaps which lead to failed and illegal share tenancies. The final product is anticipated to include both information about tenancy rights and responsibilities and tips for share house conflict resolution.
Last Updated: 28 August 2009
