What you said about Qld Premier Steven Miles’ housing plan

Will Steven Miles’ one million new homes by 2046 plan come true … or will it just become one badly broken promise? JOIN THE CONVERSATION

One million new homes by 2046 … or just one badly broken promise?

Premier Steven Miles may have dismissed fears the crippling construction materials and worker shortages will halt his housing plan, but many aren’t so sure.

Mr Miles released his $3.1bn Homes for Queenslanders plan at the Queensland Media Club, promoting an ambitious plan to deliver 53,500 social houses in 22 years.

The Premier came under fire for the state government’s record of housing delivery since it was elected in 2015, and faced questions about whether the target was achievable.

About 5000 social homes have been built by Labor since it came to power in 2015.

Asked about how construction and supply chain shortages would affect the target of building 2000 homes a year, Mr Miles said the trajectory was heading in the right direction.

“What we have seen is an upward trend in the number delivered so I think the average over that period is 700, and we’ve got it closer than 1200 so that the trajectory is right – we need to keep increasing that increase to get to 2000,” he said.

The Premier said the housing shortage was a “wicked problem” caused by complex factors, including strong migration and global events.

Premier Steven Miles at the Queensland Media Club. Picture: John Gass/NCA NewsWire

Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon acknowledged “more needs to be done”, while LNP housing spokesman Tim Mander accused the government of being focused on plans instead of delivery.

Readers were torn on the subject.

Some insisted the plan simply wasn’t achievable.

Others said it would ultimately become more broken promises.

While there were also suggestions on alternative plans and how they could work.

See what you had to say below and join the conversation >>>

WHAT YOU SAID

Let’s do it!

Lelia

53.500 houses in. 22 years around 46 houses a week. Go Mr Miles

Matthew

heaven forbid they release state owned land to exceed demand thus lowering the price of housing, yes it is that simple

Ewan Mee

Yes it’s difficult to stop a war but as Premier you can do something here. Start with cutting Unions best practice and save 30/40% costs. Release more regional land and actually source building materials. Use some of Albaneses thousands of immigrants as builders and just pay a fair wage.

John

53500 homes in 22 years equates to 47 new homes every week. A nice dream but what about supply and availability of land, materials, labour planning approvals and infrastructure like water, power, roads, rail, schools hospitals and sewerage. Come on let’s be realistic

Do better

TERESA

I’d like to know how much social housing has been built by Labor in the 9 years since they took office. Not much at all, it seems.

Matthew

the problem with this method is you eventually run out of other peoples money

Considered

Since Anna starting making promises wrt housing I’d like to see the graph of planned and announced housing versus what’s actually happened.

Stephen

Just another talkfest held, with promises made that will be broken. This Government is all talk no action. Can’t fix housing, built a white elephant at Wellcamp, No improvement in youth crime, people dying in the street and we are more worried about the perpetrator than the victims. Thanks Premier your leadership is woeful.

M

Community independent “Youth Foyer” cluster units and new pilot “Ground Lease Model” of social housing projects are coming to a suburb near you.

Garry

The figures Miles comes up with don’t even make sense, his spin doctors need a reality check. Past performance is always the best predictor of future performance.

Dave

Same spin, lies and BS, just a different day in the Life of a Labor Politician. Palaszczuk cloned Miles the same as herself good and proper.

Typical Giggles

db

Of course he would say that? He is a labour politician, so the only question is “ which side of his mouth did it come out of”?

Edward

Some spin doctors having fun with a calculator, just for giggles.

Judgementday

Within a day of making a promise, excuses come. Did his advisers not consider this before they opened smileys mouth

Elaine

Another worthless promise of homes being built. A stuck record.