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Find out what is included with Government Employee Housing (GEH) and what you need to know before you apply.

Benefits of GEH

GEH is to help government employees get housing near regional employment locations. Benefits of GEH include:

  • subsidised rent
  • payment of rent via payroll deductions
  • no need to pay a tenancy bond
  • responsive maintenance service
  • periodic tenancy agreement.

About GEH

The range of housing is diverse and mostly includes older houses. However, many have been renovated.

GEH is not a choice-based program. To get subsidised rent, you must accept the house allocated to you. If you choose to decline the allocated house, you will not get the rental subsidy.

Your employing agency is responsible for determining the eligibility of subsidised housing.

Find out more about occupying government employee housing.

Before you apply

When you apply, give as much relevant information as possible. This will help GEH allocate suitable housing.

Apply as early as possible to help us find housing before your start date. We aim to let you know 14 to 21 days before your requested occupancy date.

We will contact you when an allocation has been made or let you know if we can’t provide housing by your requested date. If this happens, contact your employing agency to negotiate other arrangements.

Rent charges are deducted via payroll deduction. You may receive an invoice for water use costs and other charges deemed payable. The charges must be paid by the due date, otherwise they will be deducted via payroll in addition to the rent.

If approved, you will be responsible for:

  • meeting all the conditions of the Residential Tenancy Agreement
  • connecting all utilities, except for water
  • arranging and paying for gas bottles refills in houses with bottled gas. GEH pays the annual service charge.

Tenant rents are paid fortnightly in arrears via payroll deduction and are not negotiable. The first payment may take up to 4 weeks.

House contents that are included

Safety and security

  • External light fitting
  • Residual current devices for lighting and power
  • Smoke alarms
  • Safe drinking water

External

  • Concrete driveway and perimeter paving
  • Garden area
  • Fencing to provide an enclosed rear yard
  • Rainwater tank – APY Lands only
  • TV antenna for local reception
  • Rubbish bin where local collection occurs
  • Clothesline
  • Letterbox where local delivery occurs
  • Hot water service
  • Gas Cylinders if applicable – GEH provide fittings for two gas cylinders where there are gas appliances but no mains gas

Internal

  • Floor coverings, with carpet in bedrooms (except remote areas)
  • Furniture is only provided for housing in the APY Lands.
  • Tiled bathroom, toilet and laundry areas
  • Roller blinds and/or vertical interior blinds (not curtains)
  • Automatic washing machine taps
  • Exhaust fans in kitchen and bathroom
  • Heating in lounge or living area
  • Ceiling fans in bedrooms where there is no evaporative air conditioning (conditions apply)
  • Ceiling insulation (where practical)
  • Telephone connection (telephone and line rental is a tenant cost)

Where funding permits GEH may also provide

  • security lighting where there is separate rear access, like a laneway, and where evidence of risk to tenants can be proven
  • fire blankets (APY Lands only)
  • deadlocks (external doors must be fitted with a lock that can be operated with a key on the outside and unlocked from the inside without a key)
  • an exterior weatherproof power point
  • awnings (conditions apply)
  • dust seals for external doors
  • built in wardrobes (conditions apply)
  • undercover parking, either as a carport or a garage
  • a rear veranda.

House contents that are not included

The following features are not provided:

  • Furniture (only houses in APY lands are furnished)
  • Dishwashers
  • Security alarms
  • Combustion heaters
  • Swimming pools and spas
  • Structural modifications

Apply for housing

Contact us

Government Employee Housing

Phone: 1800 804 713
Email: DIT.GEHadmin@sa.gov.au

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