State accused of $45m funding cut to homeless services
The Opposition has called on the state government to reverse what it claims is a $45m funding shortfall for homelessness services.
QLD housing crisis
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Average mortgage interest bills up to $50,000 higher in two years
Australia’s mortgage interest bill has tripled under the weight of 12 rate hikes in the more than two years since Labor won office.
Council’s brutal call on homeless Aussies
One local council has just made a shock move to ban homeless Aussies from keeping pets in public spaces.
Taskforce to target violence, crime in Brisbane tent cities
A homeless advocate wants authorities to ‘hurry up’ and find more accommodation as police and Brisbane City Council team up to fight escalating violence in makeshift communities.
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Frontline to borderline: The critical workers who can’t afford to buy or rent
Childcare workers, teachers, nurses, police and public servants are unable to buy or rent a home on their own in South East Queensland, a new report has found.
Homeless people relocated from park near Housing Minister’s office
Accommodation has been found for homeless people living in a park on the Gold Coast after a news story revealed the proximity of their camp to Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon’s electoral office.
Holy land: LNP eyes vacant church lots for 10k new homes
Faith leaders have welcomed an election commitment by the LNP to introduce a build-to-rent scheme aimed at using vacant church land for social housing.
‘Forgot to tell me they’d found me accommodation’: Support services buckle under demand
New data shows that caseloads for Queensland homeless support services have grown three times the national average, with many struggling to keep up.
‘Bit facetious’: War of words over LNP plan to remove first-home buyer restriction
David Crisafulli has vowed to remove a restriction that would open the door to home ownership to young Queenslanders, but Labor slammed a claim about the plan. POLL
‘Move on or $700 fine’: Caravan city just metres from Housing Minister’s office
There is “no better proof” that the housing crisis is getting worse than people sleeping rough in a park just up the road from Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon’s Gold Coast electorate office, critics say.
660 turned away: Charities struggle amid crippling cost-of-living demand
Community organisations have been forced to deny hundreds of vulnerable Queenslanders relief amid the crippling cost of living crisis.
House price rise warning: Stamp duty plan ‘a race to the bottom’
The Property Council has lashed the government’s budget plan to increase foreign investor land tax surcharge to offset new stamp duty concessions for first home buyers, warning it will drive up house prices.
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