Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy
Queensland Budget 2022-23 · Palaszczuk Government
As at budget day (2022-06-21)
Key service areas
Budget initiatives
$125.6 million over four years (and $19 million per annum ongoing) to strengthen social services, elevating the role of Neighbourhood and Community Centres and responding to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Social Isolation and Loneliness.
Neighbourhood and community centres receive more support to help address social isolation and loneliness across Queensland.
General Government operating and capital, $125.6 million over 4 years. $21.9M in 2022-23 combines the expense ($17.918 million) and capital ($4.0 million) components.
$29.8 million over four years (and $10 million per year ongoing) to support initiatives addressing youth homelessness, building on the $1.9 billion Housing and Homelessness Action Plan 2021-2025.
Young Queenslanders at risk of homelessness gain access to additional support and housing services from 2023-24.
General Government operating, $29.8 million over 4 years and $10 million per year ongoing. The Youth Homelessness and Housing line shows no allocation in 2022-23 (funding commences in 2023-24 at $8.068 million), so the budget-year amount is recorded as null rather than zero.
Forward estimates
Year-by-year allocations for 2 measures with published forward profiles.
| Measure | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strengthening Social Services in Queensland | $21.9M | — | — | — | $21.9M |
| Youth Homelessness and Housing | — | $8.1M | $9M | $10M | $27.0M |
| Total | $21.9M | $8.1M | $9.0M | $10.0M | $48.9M |
Performance metrics
Service standards from the Service Delivery Statement. Targets and actuals as published.
| Metric | Prior target | Actual | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | |
| Utilisation of arts-owned and/or managed arts and cultural facilities | 4,967,600 visitors | 3,646,590 visitors | 5,197,600 visitors |
| Percentage of Community Recovery Emergency Hardship Assistance applications processed for payment within 24 hours | 80% | 61.3% | 80% |
| Percentage of customers satisfied with the services provided by Smart Service Queensland on behalf of government agencies | ≥90% | 91% | ≥90% |
| Level of overall client satisfaction - Public Housing | 86% | 83.1% | 86% |
| Average wait time to allocation for assistance (months) with government-owned and managed social rental housing for clients in very high or high need | 8 | 14 | 12 |
| Percentage of clients who were homeless or at risk of homelessness who needed assistance to obtain or maintain independent housing and obtained or maintained independent housing after support | 65% | 62.3% | 65% |
| Recurrent cost per client accessing homelessness services | $3,856 | $3,977 | $4,172 |
Source: Service Delivery Statement. Prior target and actual are for 2024-25; target is for 2025-26.
Source document
Service Delivery Statement — Department of Communities, Housing and Digital Economy (PDF)Last updated: 2026-06-21. Factual information from published budget documents.