Homes for Queenslanders: Investment fund to deliver 159 Southport social, affordable homes

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• Miles Government’s Housing Investment Fund to unlock 159 more Homes for Queenslanders on Gold Coast
• Project to go through Ministerial Infrastructure Designation (MID) process to streamline approvals
• Part of Homes for Queenslanders plan, including one million more homes

More than 150 social and affordable homes will be built at Nerang Street, Southport thanks to the Miles Government’s Housing Investment Fund.

Brisbane Housing Company in partnership with the Queensland Investment Corporation and the Australian Retirement Trust has received Miles Government funding to deliver its first project on the Gold Coast.

Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon today unveiled concept images for the project, which is proposed to include 63 social and 96 affordable units in a 17-storey tower close to local shops, services and public transport.

It comes after another project on the Gold Coast – the 200 high-rise social, affordable Southport Supported Accommodation project – received funding in this year’s Budget.

With funding secured, BHC has now lodged a Ministerial Infrastructure Designation (MID) to streamline approvals for the Nerang Street complex.

The MID provides an alternative pathway to local council development applications and is managed by the Department of Housing, Local Government, Planning and Public Works, with input from other government agencies.

Consultation is now open on the project, with the Minister to make a final decision after reviewing the assessment undertaken by the Department and community consultation feedback.

It’s the second social and affordable housing project to progress through the MID process on the Gold Coast, with a 60-unit project at Nerang being delivered in partnership with St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland currently being assessed.

Quotes attributable Planning Minister Meaghan Scanlon:

“We’ve made it clear through our Homes for Queenslanders plan that we’ll pull every lever possible to help Queenslanders find a place to call home.

“Through our Housing Investment Fund we’re partnering with community housing providers to deliver thousands more homes, including here in in Southport.

“Unfortunately, every LNP MP on the Gold Coast voted against an almost identical fund in the Federal Parliament that will deliver up to 30,000 social and affordable homes.

“The LNP have a history of cutting social and affordable housing and will cut again if given the chance.”

Further information:

You can make a submission online at www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/mid-consultations or by email to infrastructuredesignation@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au  

For assistance or further information about the MID process, you can visit www.planning.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/planning-framework/infrastructure-planning/ministerial-infrastructure-designations,  email infrastructuredesignation@dsdilgp.qld.gov.au or call 1300 967 433.

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Media contact: Francis Dela Cruz - 0420 592 078