Our History

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Cabbage Tree Housing and Redback Housing were established in 1991 to provide a transitional community housing (Community Rent Scheme - CRS) response to the escalating demand for public housing. CRS housing services were targeted to families and individuals who met any of the criteria of Aboriginal & Torres Strait islander, escaping domestic violence, had a disability, single or youth.

Cabbage Tree Housing serviced a large geographical area covering the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane and Redback Housing provided housing to young people throughout Brisbane. In 1998 Ti Tree (an indigenous CRS housing program) was established as part of Cabbage Tree Housing to respond to an increasing demand for housing in the northern suburbs of Brisbane from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

Better Housing Projects grew from an initiative of Inner Northern Community Housing in 1994. Initially known as the Boarding House Project, BHPA was established to provide a community based housing response for single people through the provision of traditional style boarding house living and units for disadvantaged single people in the inner-city of Brisbane.

Towards the end of 2004, discussions began among several like minded housing organisations around Brisbane on co-locating their services and sharing resources. In mid-2005 Better Housing Projects expressed interest in this process with Cabbage Tree Housing and shortly thereafter Redback Housing expressed their interest. These organisations met regularly from August 2005 and as discussions developed and trust was built, an agreement was made to proceed with amalgamation of Better Housing Projects, Redback Housing and Cabbage Tree Housing to become bric housing company.

bric housing company was formed in 2008 and officially launched by Grace Grace MP, Member for Brisbane Central on 22nd October 2008.