NRAS aims to provide affordable rental housing for low to moderate income earners including key and essential service workers, such as childcare workers, nurses, police officers, fire-fighters and paramedics.
How are tenants selected for NRAS dwellings?
Tenants for NRAS properties are selected by investors and their tenancy managers, except in Queensland. Queensland tenants are selected from the Queensland Government's One Social Housing Register.
Tenancy managers select tenants and maintain waiting lists for NRAS homes with assessment and selection of tenants being at the discretion of the tenancy management organisation. As long as NRAS eligibility requirements are met, tenancy decisions will be made in line with their usual policies and processes.
To become a registered prospective tenant under the NRAS in Queensland, you must meet all of the requirements listed below.
You must be an Australian citizen, have permanent residency, or have been issued with a temporary protection, or bridging visa.
You must be a Queensland resident, or provide evidence of your need to move to Queensland.
You or your household members must not own or part-own property in Australia or overseas. This includes residential or commercial property, land, mobile homes or caravans that are permanently connected to utilities.
Your money in bank accounts, shares and investments (including superannuation payouts) must not exceed $80,437.50 for a single person, or $100,000 for 2 or more household members.
Your proposed household’s combined annual gross income must not exceed the following limits:
One adult:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $45,956
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $57,445
2 adults:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $63,535
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $79,419
3 adults:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $81,114
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $101,393
Sole parent with 1 child:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $63,579
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $79,474
Sole parent with 2 children:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $78,822
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $98,528
Sole parent with 3 children:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $94,065
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $117,526
Couple with 1 child:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $78,778
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $98,473
Couple with 2 children:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $94,021
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $117,526
Couple with 3 children:
At commencement of NRAS tenancy initial income limit must not exceed $109,264
During NRAS tenancy upper income limit must not exceed $136,580
To calculate NRAS eligibility for household types not identified above, please use the information below.
First single adult:
$45,956
Each additional adult:
$17,579
Each child:
$15,243
First sole parent:
$48,336