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No time to waste
The chronic housing crisis gripping Australia currently has no end in sight. Queensland communities can’t afford to wait any longer – and councils have solutions.
Community answers
Councils are proposing practical solutions - like unlocking abandoned, unused and empty properties to increase supply – designed to give both immediate and long-term relief to struggling communities.
Lend your voice
Join the campaign to secure real, workable local solutions to ease the housing crisis.
Campaign Facts
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Four in five Queenslanders identify housing as an issue for their local community, listing a lack of affordable housing and land and long-term rental properties as the top challenges.
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Queensland’s remote and discrete First Nations communities are grappling with chronic overcrowding, threatening health and education outcomes in these areas.
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Too many Queenslanders are sleeping in tents, cars or on couches, or living in overcrowded houses. Everyone deserves a safe, secure and affordable home.
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Queensland councils have a set of community-driven priorities to ensure every Queenslander has access to safe, affordable and reliable housing – but they need State and Federal support.
Campaign Details
In 2021 councils were among the first to raise the alarm about the housing crisis gripping Queensland communities, passing a series of resolutions calling for urgent and coordinated action by all levels of government. Their campaign for action helped spark a Queensland Housing Summit, called by Annastacia Palaszczuk. Councils continue to campaign for support for their suite of practical proposals to address the very localised impacts of this crisis - and in 2023 published a new Local Government Housing Strategy which includes calls for action that were made by councils at the past two LGAQ annual conferences, and at the 2022 Queensland Housing Summit. In 2024 LGAQ research identified five bottlenecks slowing the roll out of desperately needed homes, alongside the release of an updated Local Government Housing Roadmap.