Record investment to deliver a place to call home for more on the Gold Coast

• 2025-26 Budget locks in long-term pipeline of social and community housing construction with a record $5.6 billion investment.
• More than 560 social and affordable homes are in construction or under contract across the Gold Coast to deliver a place to call home for more Gold Coast residents.

The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start for the Gold Coast, with new tenants moving into their homes in Labrador as hundreds more are under construction or about to begin across the city.

The newly completed Labrador complex includes 15 one-bedroom units built to meet the needs of older Queenslanders and people with disability.

The Crisafulli Government’s 2025-26 Budget delivers $8.1 billion to secure our housing foundations and deliver a place to call home for more Queenslanders with one new million homes, including 53,500 social and community homes, by 2044.

A record $5.6 billion will be invested in new social and community housing over the next four years to deliver on that goal.

For the first time, the Budget also locks in baseline funding of $500 million per year from 2029–30, creating a long-term pipeline of social and community homes for Queenslanders most in need.

It follows a decade of underinvestment in social and community housing by the former Government, leading to record waitlists and Labor’s Housing Crisis.

Across the Gold Coast, more than 560 social and affordable homes are in construction or under contract to be delivered. This includes:

• 30 affordable homes at Miami and 37 at Southport nearing completion
• 12 social homes under construction in Coomera
• 27 in early construction in Southport
• A game changing supportive housing project in Southport that will deliver around 200 social and affordable homes with wraparound supports on site, backed by the Housing Australia Future Fund.

The Crisafulli Government’s Budget also locks in a 20 per cent uplift in support for specialist homelessness services across the Gold Coast and more than doubles funding for head leased properties to house our most vulnerable.

This investment is helping create stable, sustainable communities and improving housing access for people with disability, older Queenslanders, and vulnerable households.

Minister for Housing Sam O’Connor said social and community housing developments like the recently completed Labrador complex were critical to creating stable, sustainable communities which support economic and social inclusion.

“We are delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders and this Budget delivers the investment to get more social and community homes out of the ground,” Minister O’Connor said.

“One in five Queenslanders live with disability and we know it can be harder for them to find, get and keep appropriate and affordable housing.

“Gold Coasters deserve safe, secure housing and we’re securing our housing pipeline, removing red tape for builders, and working with community housing providers to get more homes built.

“Projects like the new complex in Labrador and the major development underway at Southport are essential to meeting our target of delivering 53,500 social and community homes across Queensland.”

“This is what it’s all about— independence, and the security of a place to call home.”

New Labrador local Anne, who lives with her rescue cat Jimmy, said it was fantastic to be back living on the Gold Coast after unaffordable rents forced her to move in with friends in Brisbane.

“I wake up every morning to a little paw tapping my face and we lay in bed and smile,” Anne said.

“I never imagined I would live in such a lovely place.’’ 

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