Eligibility Criteria

Our Tenant Selection and Allocation Policy ensures the selection and allocation of tenants to GAH properties is undertaken in compliance with contractual obligations, company policy requirements and in accordance with the requirements of funders of those properties.

Eligibility Criteria

All applicant's must satisfy the following general and specific criteria. 

General Criteria:

  • Intend to use the accommodation as their principal place of residence.
  • Demonstrate they have a reliable source of income from working within the Gladstone region.
  • Lack reasonable means of meeting their housing need in other ways.
  • To exceed the income eligibility limits established by the Company at the time of interview.
  • Demonstrate the household meets the minimum affordability limits of GAH rents in relation to the type of property they could be allocated.
  • Have no outstanding debts with GAH from previous tenancies with the company.
  • Have not been evicted from GAH properties for serious objectionable behaviour.
Australian citizenship or residency

An applicant must:

  • Be an Australian citizen; or
  • Have been granted permanent residency status (Note: Where an applicant has applied for permanent residency but is not yet a permanent resident will not be offered assistance until they have permanent residency status.); or
  • Qualify or permanent residency status through agreements between Australia and another country or;
  • Hold a Temporary Protection Visa; or
  • Hold a Bridging Visa if they previously held a Temporary Protection Visa which has expired.
  • An applicant must be a Queensland resident. This requirement may be waived in circumstances where an applicant can provide satisfactory evidence of a genuine need to move to the Gladstone region.