About Homelessness Queensland

Homelessness Queensland (HQ) is the peak body representing Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS) across the state. Established in 1996 as the South Queensland Council to Homeless Persons, HQ became an incorporated association in 1997, later operating as the Council to Homeless Persons Queensland before adopting its current name in 2022 to reflect our statewide role and reform agenda.

HQ exists to lead, connect, and advocate for a Queensland where everyone has a safe place to call home. We work to strengthen the voice of the homelessness sector and centre the experiences of people affected by housing insecurity. Through collaboration, systems thinking, and evidence-informed advocacy, we help shape policy, practice, and reform.

At the heart of our work is a deep commitment to lived experience leadership. Through our statewide Lived Experience Network, HQ creates opportunities for individuals with firsthand experience of homelessness to influence decisions, co-design policy and programs, and lead change within the sector.

Through the Homelessness QLD Academy, we also deliver tailored training, reflective supervision, and capability-building workshops for frontline workers, leaders, and lived experience advocates. These offerings support the sector to grow, adapt, and respond with compassion, integrity, and accountability. 

Our purpose is to create new and innovative solutions to respond to and end homelessness.”  VALUES being – Openness, Honesty, Transparency, Integrity and Accountability.