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A Faster, Smarter
Way to Deliver
More Homes for
Queensland
More than 55,000 Queenslanders are waiting for public housing. Traditional delivery models are too slow, too costly and too constrained by land, planning and funding bottlenecks.
RHQ changes that.
We combine under-used public housing land, high-quality factory-built homes, and a coordinated delivery model to create more homes within existing communities — faster, with less friction and greater long-term value.
These are not temporary pods. They are Next Door Homes: permanent, self-contained homes designed for dignity, durability and faster delivery.
Because that is exactly what they are: new homes, placed next door to existing homes, within real neighbourhoods.
Queensland does not just need more housing. It needs more housing in places where people can already access transport, services, support networks and community life. Next Door Homes make that possible without waiting years for major new precincts or wholly new neighbourhood infrastructure.
Queensland’s housing crisis is deepening. Housing waitlists remain above 55,000, vacancy rates in many regions are below 1%, and too many people are living in insecure, overcrowded or temporary conditions.
Traditional housing delivery is struggling to keep pace. High land costs, lengthy approvals, fragmented funding and construction delays mean it can take years to bring a single dwelling online.
Queensland needs a new approach — one that is faster, lower-friction and designed for scale.
But this is not only a question of quantity. It is also a question of location. The State needs more homes in places where infrastructure, services and community connections already exist.
That is why RHQ focuses on under-used public housing land within established neighbourhoods: to create more homes, faster, in places where people can more readily belong.
RHQ is a delivery model designed to create thousands of Next Door Homes on under-used public housing land.
We place high-quality, factory-built homes on suitable existing lots with available space — reducing the need for land acquisition, avoiding many of the delays associated with rezoning, and making better use of neighbourhoods where infrastructure and community already exist.
Recent reporting on a failed prefabricated housing project in North Queensland has raised understandable questions about offsite housing delivery. RHQ’s approach is materially different in three important ways.
RHQ is not creating a large, concentrated pod precinct. It is delivering distributed homes within established neighbourhoods, using under-used public housing land to create more homes where services, infrastructure and community already exist.
RHQ’s delivery model is designed to minimise weather exposure, reduce on-site complexity and shorten installation time. The majority of construction, fit-out and quality assurance is completed before the home arrives on site.
RHQ’s Next Door Homes are predominantly sealed, self-contained single-home units rather than partially exposed assemblies requiring extended weather-sensitive completion on site. That means fewer interfaces, fewer variables and tighter quality control.
RHQ is built on a partnership model that aligns policy, community outcomes, delivery capability and long-term capital.
Each partner plays a distinct role in bringing Next Door Homes to market at speed and scale — creating a more coordinated, lower-friction pathway to social housing delivery.
Partner roles
State Government
Enables access to suitable land and supports system coordination.
Community Housing Providers
Manage tenancies, support residents and help ensure social impact.
Institutional Investors
Provide long-term, stable capital aligned to essential social infrastructure outcomes.
RHQ
Coordinates site identification, home delivery, compliance and asset execution.
Every Next Door Home creates more than shelter. It provides a safe, secure and sustainable place to live within an existing community — close to transport, services and support networks.
RHQ’s five-year rollout is designed not only to add homes at pace, but to do so in a way that strengthens neighbourhoods, supports local jobs and makes better use of public land and infrastructure already in place.
We know that people have questions about how RHQ works, what Next Door Homes are, and how this model differs from other offsite or prefabricated housing projects. Here are some of the most common.
Next Door Homes are RHQ’s term for high-quality, factory-built homes placed on suitable under-used public housing land within existing neighbourhoods. They are designed as permanent, self-contained homes that can be delivered faster and with less disruption than many traditional housing pathways.
No. RHQ uses the term Next Door Homes deliberately. These are not temporary pods. They are permanent homes designed for dignity, liveability and long-term performance.
While both sit broadly within offsite construction, RHQ’s approach is materially different. Recent media reporting described a project where units were installed without roofs and suffered major water damage after heavy rain .
RHQ’s model differs in three important ways:
Yes. Next Door Homes are intended as permanent homes, not temporary stopgaps. They are designed for durability, low maintenance, energy efficiency and everyday liveability.
RHQ’s model is designed to minimise disruption and, wherever possible, avoid relocation of existing residents. Homes are intended to be placed on suitable under-used portions of existing lots, allowing new housing to be added within the existing neighbourhood fabric.
Traditional delivery remains important, but it is often slower and more constrained by land acquisition, planning timeframes and fragmented delivery. RHQ complements traditional approaches by creating homes faster on land that is already in public ownership.
Because the model is about adding homes within real neighbourhoods — close to services, support networks and community life — not creating isolated, temporary or purely emergency-style housing outcomes.
Rapid Housing Queensland is a public-purpose enterprise focused on delivering Next Door Homes on under-used public housing land.
We coordinate site identification, home delivery, compliance and partnership alignment in collaboration with Community Housing Providers, government and institutional capital.
Our purpose is simple: to help Queensland deliver more homes, faster, using a smarter model that works with existing communities rather than waiting for entirely new ones.
Queensland’s housing crisis demands new thinking, but it also demands public confidence. In this interview, the RHQ team explains why Next Door Homes represent a distinct model for faster, lower-friction housing delivery — and why not all offsite housing approaches should be treated as the same.
A: Because the current system is under enormous strain. Social housing demand is rising, private rental pressure remains severe, and traditional delivery pathways are often too slow to meet the urgency of need. If we rely only on business as usual, too many people will wait too long for a safe and stable home.
A: Next Door Homes are RHQ’s term for high-quality, factory-built homes delivered on suitable under-used public housing land within established neighbourhoods. The phrase matters because it focuses on the outcome, not the jargon: new homes, in real communities, delivered faster and with dignity.
A: We are not starting from scratch with new land, long rezoning processes and years of delay. We are focusing on under-used public housing land that already has access to infrastructure, services and neighbourhood context.
We pair that land advantage with a coordinated delivery model and high-quality factory-built homes, allowing new homes to be brought online faster and with less friction.
A: That concern is understandable. But not all offsite housing models are the same.
RHQ’s approach is different in three important ways.
First, conceptually, we are not creating a concentrated pod precinct. We are adding distributed homes within existing communities.
Second, operationally, our model is designed to reduce on-site complexity and weather exposure by completing the great majority of work before the home arrives on site.
Third, at product level, our Next Door Homes are predominantly sealed, self-contained single-home units designed for permanent occupation. That is a very different proposition from a heavily exposed, weather-sensitive assembly process.
A:Quality in housing is not determined by whether something is built partly offsite. It is determined by design, specification, sequencing, quality control and delivery discipline.
RHQ’s focus is on permanent, dignified homes designed for long-term performance and everyday liveability.
A: : Because it aligns speed, social need and delivery practicality. The land is already in public ownership, the homes are designed for repeatable deployment, and each party plays a clear role. That creates a more credible pathway to scale than many conventional delivery models can offer on their own.
A: RHQ is working with government, delivery and capital partners to refine and implement a model capable of creating more homes, faster, while maintaining public confidence, neighbourhood fit and long-term value.
