What is Home Assist Secure?
Home Assist Secure is an initiative of the Queensland Government. Assistance, advice and information on home repairs, maintenance, minor modifications and security is provided for older people and people with a disability, who are home owners or live in private rental housing.
The Home Assist Secure Program provides free information and advice, and subsidised assistance, to eligible clients.
Free information includes:
The Home Checklist Book
- Provides practical advice about common home repairs, maintenance problems and solutions, home safety, legal and consumer protection issues, and sources of further specialised information.
Security Hints for You and Your home
- Provides information on how to make your home more secure and increase your personal security.
Subsidised Assistance (in project areas)
- Assists people who are unable to obtain alternative assistance with minor home and yard maintenance and repairs.
Home Security Assessments (in project areas)
- Staff trained by Queensland Police Service can inspect your home to help you decide on security-related repairs or installations and advise on personal security. This is an independent and unbiased service.
Are You Eligible for Home Assist Secure?
To be eligible for free information and advice, you must be a home owner or live in private rental housing, public housing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing, or community housing and be:
- 60 years or over or
- Of any age with a disability.
In addition to the above, to receive subsidised assistance for work in your home, you need to be:
- In receipt of a Commonwealth Government pension or benefit
- A resident in an area serviced by a Home Assist Secure project and
- Unable to make use of alternative forms of assistance, such as family or friends, or other government programs eg Home and Community Care, Veterans Affairs, etc