Community & Health Justice Partnerships

Homelessness Law is Queensland’s free specialist legal service for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Homelessness Law’s integrated, holistic supports prevent and end homelessness by resolving legal issues connected to a person’s housing, money, and experiencing of violence. We scale the impact of our frontline, client centered work by advocating for better laws and policies.

Homelessness Law provides targeted, intensive legal representation to people experiencing or ask risk of homelessness, with a focus on our key priority cohorts including women and their families with an experiencing of violence, children and young people, and people in or exiting prison.

Established in 2002, Homelessness Law implements an outreach-based, trauma informed model, with staff lawyers fully embedded in frontline homelessness and health agencies in both Brisbane and Cairns.

Homelessness Law has partnerships at 8 locations, where we team up with health and community helpers. We solve many problems for people who are homeless, making sure they get all-around support in Queensland.

With embedded lawyers at community, homelessness and health organisations, we work with frontline workers to solve homelessness. These partnerships ensure our clients get holistic, multidisciplinary support.

Further scaling our impact, for over 20 years we have empowered frontline workers through training and collaboration.

Embedded Community Partnerships….

• Brisbane youth Service
• Communify’s New Farm Neighbourhood Centre
• Micah Projects
• 3rd Space
• Anglicare Homelessness Services (Women and Families)
• Mater Young Adult Health Centre
• Cairns Homelessness Services Hub
• Mission Australia’s Douglas House