RentConnect - Queensland Disaster Recovery
If you are seeking private rental accommodation as a result of a recent disaster event in Queensland and are unsure about how to find out about the private rental market, or what might be expected during your tenancy, you could talk to a RentConnect officer.
What is RentConnect?
RentConnect can help you find and secure a home to rent in the private market.
Specialist RentConnect officers will work with you to identify what type of assistance you need.  RentConnect officers can:
•	advise you on how to find a suitable rental home
•	show you how the rental application process works
•	help you prepare a rental application and organise paperwork
•	help you access financial assistance offered by the Department of Housing and Public Works, such as a bond loan or rental grant
•	link you to community services and real estate agents.
Am I eligible?
RentConnect can help you if you were already in the private rental market, or owned your home, and were affected by a recent disaster event in Queensland. 
How to contact RentConnect
Please contact your local RentConnect officer by calling 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or visit your local Community Recovery Centre or contact a Housing Service Centre. Contact details are listed overleaf.
Need more information about how to rent in the private market?
A range of fact sheets about renting in the private market is available from http://www.hpw.qld.gov.au or from your local Housing Service Centre.
RentConnect locations
RentConnect is available in the following Housing service centres across Queensland.

Bundaberg Housing Service Centre
16 Quay Street
BUNDABERG
(07) 4331 7900 – 1800 809 835

Buranda Housing Service Centre
Level 1, 221 Logan Road
BURANDA
(07) 3873 7700

Bayside Housing Service Centre
Shop 3, 8-12 Dollery Road
CAPALABA
(07) 3034 9800

Cairns Queensland Government Service Centre
Level 3, William McCormack Place
5B Sheridan Street
CAIRNS
(07) 4036 5460 – 1800 623 208

Chermside Housing Service Centre
3rd Floor, 18 Banfield Street
CHERMSIDE
(07) 3917 4600

Fortitude Valley Housing Service Centre
Level 7, Green Square North Tower
515 St Pauls Terrace
FORTITUDE VALLEY
(07) 3034 6500

Gladstone Housing Service Centre
Level 2, 20-22 Herbert Street
PO Box 5082  
GLADSTONE  4680
(07) 4899 2400 - 1800 266 807 (within area)

Gold Coast Housing Service Centre
Level 2, 80 Bazaar Street
Robina Town Centre
ROBINA
(07) 5645 8100

Inala Housing Service Centre 
Leve 1,14 Wirraway Parade 
PO Box 258
INALA  4077
(07) 3723 2000 

Ipswich Housing Service Centre
Upper Ground floor, ICON Towers
117 Brisbane Street
IPSWICH
(07) 3437 6000 - 1800 636 390

Logan Housing Service Centre
11 Station Road
WOODRIDGE
(07) 3086 3700

Mackay Housing Service Centre
22-30 Wood Street
MACKAY
(07) 4862 9500 – 1800 069 237

Maryborough Housing Service Centre
116 Lennox Street	
PO Box 535
MARYBOROUGH  4650
(07) 4324 8600
1800 623 242 (within area)

Maroochydore Queensland Government Service Centre
Ground Floor, 12 First Avenue
MAROOCHYDORE
(07) 5352 7333

Moreton Bay Housing Service Centre
Level 5, Caboolture Square Shopping Centre
60-78 King Street
CABOOLTURE
(07) 5432 0700

Rockhampton Housing Service Centre
Level 3, 209 Bolsover Street
ROCKHAMPTON
(07) 4848 7000 – 1800 801 176

Toowoomba & South West Housing Service Centre
Level 2, 10 Russell Street
TOOWOOMBA
(07) 4699 4400 - 1800 623 435

Toowoomba Housing Hub
10 Russell Street
TOOWOOMBA
(07) 4699 4400

Townsville Housing Service Centre
Level 2, 143 Walker Street
TOWNSVILLE
(07) 4724 8500 – 1800 806 197