Community & Health Justice Partnerships
Homelessness Law
Homelessness Law is Queensland’s specialist free legal service for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Our tailored, integrated service prevents and ends homelessness by resolving legal issues connected to a person’s housing, money, and experiences of violence. Homelessness Law scales the impact of our client centered, high-intensity work by advocating for better laws and policies and by codesigning innovate digital resources.
For 25 years, Homelessness Law’s provided targeted, wraparound legal support to Queenslanders facing housing insecurity. We focus on priority cohorts of community members who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness, including women facing violence, young people and children, and people in or exiting prison.
Established in 2002, Homelessness Law implements an outreach-based, trauma informed model, with staff and pro bono lawyers embedded in community-based homelessness, housing and health agencies.
In 2024-2025, Homelessness Law:
- increased access to justice by intensively helping the Queenslanders facing homelessness through 532 new client matters (up 5% from the previous year);
- facilitated 9,601 hours of pro bono work (up 23% from the previous year), ensuring that more Queenslanders’ experiencing or at risk of homelessness could access high-quality, specialised legal support;
- empowered 2,102 community and legal assistance sector workers through 42 training sessions (up 500% from the previous year) to better identify and address legal issues impacting people facing housing insecurity across Queensland.
Speak to a specialist lawyer
Homelessness Law’s multi-disciplinary partnerships enable us to holistically resolve legal issues for Queenslanders experiencing housing insecurity, making sure they get best-practice support to avoid or exit homelessness.
If you or someone you support would like to speak with us, please contact us at [email protected] or by calling (07) 3518 8125.
Preventing and ending homelessness through effective collaboration
Through our embedded partnerships with homelessness, housing and health organisations, we increase access to free legal support for the most at-risk community members.
Further scaling our reach, we empower frontline workers Queensland-wide through customised legal education, resources and engagement.
Embedded Community Partnerships
- Brisbane Youth Service
- Communify’s New Farm Neighbourhood Centre
- Micah Projects
- Anglicare Homelessness Services (Women and Families)
- Mater Young Adult Health Centre
- Cairns Homelessness Services Hub
- Mission Australia’s Douglas House
Impact and Insights Report
You can read more about the impact of Homelessness Law’s Consumer Advocacy Project in addressing poverty and stopping homelessness before it happens.
Everyday Law in Queensland
Everyday Law in Queensland is Homelessness Law’s innovative, free legal resource for pro bono and community lawyers supporting Queenslanders facing homelessness and financial insecurity. This unique Queensland resource has been codesigned to empower lawyers and advocates to resolve more priority legal issues connected to their clients’ experiences of housing insecurity, financial hardship and violence.
