Enhanced Design Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes
Informed by work delivered under the Queensland and Australian Governments’ successful Resilient Homes Fund (RHF), an updated flood resilience design guidance document has been released for homeowners.
The new guidance is aimed at helping more Queenslanders build flood resilience into their homes through upgrades, retrofitting and property raising, and leverages detailed case studies from residents that have successfully achieved this goal.
Written and designed to be accessible for anyone, the revised Design Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes shows the steps any homeowner or builder can take to make a house more resilient to flooding.
Advice is provided for all home types and prioritises actions to highlight where efforts should be focused on.
The RHF was created in response to the major Queensland floods of 2021-22 and is funded through the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
The initial Design Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes was developed to assist Queenslanders carrying out work funded under the RHF.
Now, four years after its release, the guidance has been strengthened by the outcomes of the RHF.
Development of this new guidance has been led by Queensland’s Department of Housing and Public Works, in partnership with the Queensland Government Architect, the Queensland Reconstruction Authority (QRA), and Brisbane-based architecture and design firm JDA Co.
To help draw more attention to the document, a range of community activities will be undertaken over the next six months, including a display at the State Library of Queensland between 7-9 August.
The updated Design Guidance for Flood Resilient Homes is free to download from the Get Ready Queensland website.
While Queenslanders can’t stop severe weather, they can take practical, functional steps to fortify their home against disasters like floods.
This update guidance is an essential resource for any homeowner looking to reduce disaster impacts to their property.