Complex sentence: The DSS wanted to establish a centre for civilian rehabilitation on the site, however due to the acute housing shortage after the war, the site was briefly allocated to the Queensland Housing Commission from the late 1940s to early 1950s as temporary accommodation for homeless people.
Split into simpler sentences: The DSS wanted to establish a centre for civilian rehabilitation on the site. However due to the acute housing shortage after the war, the site was briefly allocated to the Queensland Housing Commission from the late 1940s to early 1950s as temporary accommodation for homeless people.