MEDIA STATEMENT: Social housing construction boom to add 5,000 homes across Queensland

Social housing construction boom to add 5,000 homes across Queensland 

• 5,000 social and affordable homes have been contracted or under construction under the new Crisafulli Government. 
• Queensland’s total social and affordable housing stock to grow 6 per cent from the boost.
• Crisafulli Government accelerates delivery across the regions to provide more social and affordable homes for Queenslanders where they are needed. 

The Crisafulli Government has reached a major milestone to tackle Labor’s Housing Crisis, with almost 5,000 social and affordable homes under construction or under contract across Queensland. 

The construction boom will boost Queensland’s total social and affordable housing supply by more than 6 per cent, securing our housing foundations to ease pressure on Labor’s Housing Crisis. 

Labor failed to plan or deliver for Queensland’s growing population, adding just 509 social homes on average per year over the last decade. 

In contrast, the Crisafulli Government is delivering on the commitment of the Securing Our Housing Foundation Plan with more than 3,100 social and affordable homes already being built and more than 1,800 contracted to start.   

Data showing the regional breakdown of the pipeline shows homes are being delivered in every corner of Queensland, from the Gold Coast to Goondiwindi, Cook to Cloncurry, and Palm Island to Pormpuraaw. 

One of the projects is in Brisbane’s Woolloongabba, where a contract has been secured for 81 new homes — 41 social and 40 affordable — which will provide safe and secure housing for Queenslanders, including essential workers and vulnerable Queenslanders. 

Delivered in partnership with Brisbane Housing Corporation and Queensland Investment Corporation, the development is a leading example of the Government’s approach to: 

• unlock land in high-demand areas 

• partner with the community housing sector 

• deliver homes for those who need them most; and 

• build to high sustainability and accessibility standards. 

Minister for Housing and Public Works Sam O’Connor said the Government was delivering on its commitment to unlock more homes for all Queenslanders. 

“We’re getting on with the job of building more social and affordable homes right across the State to ease Labor’s Housing Crisis,” Minister O’Connor said. 

“These social and affordable homes are just one part of the Government’s ambitious goal to deliver one million homes by 2044, including 53,500 new social homes. 

“From November to the end of February, the Crisafulli Government has accelerated the delivery of 5,000 social and affordable homes either in contract or under construction across Queensland.