The Queensland premier is hoping next week’s federal budget will give Queensland housing sector the significance it deserves after a summit of industry leaders was told the state is missing 20,000 rental properties.
More than 100 representatives from governments, social services, charities, property and construction groups took part in Thursday’s summit to address what’s been called an affordability crisis.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was looking forward to the federal budget in her closing remarks to an audience, which included federal Housing Minister Julie Collins.
The state has pledged to do an immediate stocktake of land holdings that could be used for housing and flagged a potential funding increase for emergency accommodation….