‘Get it moving’: Pleas to house homeless in Pinkenba
Political leaders have been urged to get on with housing vulnerable Queenslanders at a former Brisbane quarantine facility as stalled plans to convert the site drag on.
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Political leaders have been urged to get on with housing vulnerable Queenslanders at a former Brisbane quarantine facility as stalled plans to convert the site drag on.
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The Housing Minister has defended the Palaszczuk government’s record on social housing amid revelations Queensland is spending the least on public housing in the country.
New data shows the number of Brisbane homes for rent shrank by 17.8 per cent last year, with fresh analysis finding some areas absorbed as much as 14,000 new residents during the pandemic.
Housing access and affordability has been identified as the fastest growing stressor for suicide, with calls for urgent relief to prevent a wave of deaths. SPECIAL REPORT
Revelations of the housing crisis fuelling our suicide rate are stark and demand not only a conversation but also action, writes the editor.
Brisbane’s Lord Mayor has pressed for the Pinkenba quarantine facility to be used to ease some of the pressure of Queensland’s housing crisis, taking a tour of the 500-bed site on Tuesday. SEE THE VIDEO
The government will inject millions in cash to address Queensland’s housing crisis, but for some it’s too little too late. JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Done right, and armed with a bold supply target, a new blueprint could be a powerful force to swiftly, yet sustainably, turbocharge housing supply, writes Jen Williams.
A multimillion-dollar cash injection to keep people in homes and help those sleeping rough and a major audit of state-owned land and buildings will form the state government’s response to the recent Housing Summit.
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