Social, affordable and crisis housing leasing

⁠⁠⁠Council is seeking expressions of interest to develop, maintain and manage leased sites for the purpose of crisis, social and affordable housing. A 50-year exclusive use peppercorn lease arrangement will be awarded to the preferred respondent/s, in accordance with the Community Leasing Policy (Policy # 2150-079). Longer tenure terms may be considered for social, affordable and crisis housing land leases where essential to the viability of the project.

Council is offering the following lots for long-term lease:

• 72-74 Cox Street, Caboolture
• 33 Oakey Flat Road, Morayfield.

These sites are zoned for General residential use within Council’s planning scheme.

Respondents may bid for one or both of the sites.

Who can apply

Registered not-for-profit community housing providers or specialist homelessness service providers can apply. They must have the capacity to develop, maintain and manage leased sites for the purpose of social, affordable and crisis housing.

How to apply

The EOI will be a two-stage process, with the first stage closing at 5:00 PM, Monday 12 February 2024.

More information about the stages of the EOI process can be found in the information pack. To request a copy of the information pack and expression of interest form, email communityhousingleasingeoi@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

Information session

Find out more about the lease and Council's requirements at the online information session. The session will be held on Wednesday 17 January 2024 at 11:00 AM.

To register for the information session, email communityhousingleasingeoi@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

Respondent questions

EOI respondents may submit questions to Council by emailing communityhousingleasingeoi@moretonbay.qld.gov.au.

Council will respond to the questions by regularly updating the Respondent questions list.

It is the responsibility of respondents to ensure they review this information.