More than 14,500 free meals were served to people doing it tough at Redcliffe’s Peninsula Support Hub during its first year. For nearby Newport and the wider Peninsula, another part of the local response to housing insecurity is now moving closer to construction.
The Queensland Government has released a construction tender for the Moreton Bay Youth Foyer, a 40-unit supported housing development planned for Redcliffe.
The project will accommodate eligible young people aged 16 to 25 who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness while they undertake education, training or employment. Residents will pay about 25 per cent of their income in rent and receive 24/7 on-site support.
Thousands seek support in Redcliffe
The Youth Foyer is progressing as existing community services in Redcliffe record thousands of contacts with people seeking assistance.
During its first year, the Peninsula Support Hub at Portwood Street served 14,563 free meals through The Breakfast Club. The hub also recorded 7,052 service connections, facilitated 2,501 showers, completed 1,057 loads of washing and distributed 2,799 food hampers.
The centre brings The Breakfast Club and The Salvation Army together at one site, providing food, showers, laundry facilities and links to financial, housing and other support services.
Those figures show the volume of practical assistance being delivered through the hub, but they are not a measure of youth homelessness, the number of people experiencing homelessness across Newport or the wider Peninsula, or prospective demand for the Youth Foyer.
Housing linked to education and work
The Youth Foyer will provide a different form of assistance, combining supported accommodation with education, training or employment for eligible residents aged 16 to 25.
Its 40 self-contained units will provide stable housing while residents receive on-site support and work towards greater independence.
National data shows younger people seeking homelessness assistance often have accommodation-related needs. In 2024–25, people aged 12 to 24 who received specialist homelessness support on their own accounted for about one in seven clients nationally, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
Among that group, 72 per cent were not enrolled in formal education or training. AIHW also found young people receiving homelessness support alone were more likely than other specialist homelessness-service clients to be couch surfing.
Redcliffe site puts project close to Newport
The Queensland Government confirmed Redcliffe as the Moreton Bay location for the Youth Foyer in October 2025 after purchasing a site earlier that year.
The site was selected for its proximity to public transport, community services, employment opportunities and TAFE. Brisbane architect Arkhefield was appointed to design the project. It will be an addition to the supported housing network of services already based around Redcliffe. Its location also places the project within the same Peninsula service area used by residents of Newport, Scarborough, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Rothwell and Clontarf.
The Moreton Bay project is one of eight new Youth Foyers planned across Queensland, with other developments earmarked for Brisbane, Ipswich, Hervey Bay, Toowoomba, the Sunshine Coast, Rockhampton and Cairns.
Existing foyers operate in Townsville, Logan and on the Gold Coast. The State Government says all eight new projects will be completed or underway by 2028.
Published 10-Aug-2026
