{"id":315661,"date":"2022-04-01T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T05:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=315661"},"modified":"2022-04-01T21:33:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:33:27","slug":"ctc-joins-hunt-for-houses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/04\/01\/ctc-joins-hunt-for-houses\/","title":{"rendered":"CTC Joins Hunt For Houses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_297335\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297335\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kirstenfirman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297335\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/kirstenfirman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-297335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South Burnett CTC Youth &amp; Community Services manager Kirsten Firman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 1, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The rental housing shortage in the South Burnett has created a headache for one of the region&#8217;s main not-for-profit organisations.<\/p>\n<p>South Burnett CTC has joined the housing queue, looking for two types of accommodation to support young people.<\/p>\n<p>CTC Youth and Community Services manager Kirsten Firman said the group had young people who were ready to live by themselves, with some support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These young people are keen to be more independent.\u00a0While they have some challenges, they will continue to receive support from CTC while they settle and learn to manage a place of their own,&#8221; Ms Firman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CTC would rent the property and then sub-lease it to the young people.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In this way, CTC remains responsible to make sure the property is returned in the condition (or better) than when it was rented.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be independent, these young people need to be able to walk or pushbike to the shops, school, TAFE or their workplace, so in Kingaroy town is ideal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can be a unit, a duplex or a house.\u00a0Ideally a couple of young people would share to support each other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTC CEO Nina Temperton said she knows there are vacant houses in Kingaroy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are people who don&#8217;t want to sell at the moment, but are afraid to enter the rental market,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said by CTC being the the organisation responsible for the rental, the risk was greatly decreased.<\/p>\n<p>All the young people who would be offered the residences had been screened and would be supported by CTC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CTC can be very flexible when it comes to rentals, with arrangements that will suit the owner,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would prefer longer-term rentals but even three months would be better than nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CTC are also after a second type of accommodation for children that need more support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One or two CTC staff members would be in the rental property at all times to care for them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These houses can be in town or outside town,&#8221; Ms Firman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While many of these children have experienced significant issues outside their control, CTC has a track record of looking after houses they rent and repairing any damage made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We pride ourselves in returning houses better than when we get them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have a property and would be prepared to give this a try, we would be happy to have a conversation with you and talk about how it may work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, contact South Burnett CTC on (07) 4162-7788.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rental housing shortage in the South Burnett has created a headache for one of the region&#8217;s main not-for-profit organisations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":297336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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