South Brisbane hotel to transform into housing for people in need

Published Tuesday, 16 January, 2024 at 09:15 AM

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning and Minister for Public Works
The Honourable Meaghan Scanlon

  • Former hotel in South Brisbane has been purchased for families at risk of homelessness
  • Hotel will be transformed into self-contained social housing units for people in need
  • Latest purchase of hotels, motels and retirement villages

The Miles Labor Government has purchased another inner-city hotel to provide housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The hotel will be transformed into 20 two-bedroom units and 32 studio units aimed at families and pregnant women.

Located within walking distance to the South Bank Parklands the new homes are close to public transport and essential services such as hospitals.

This purchase follows other purchases and leases including two inner city hotels, and former retirement villages and aged care facilities in Clayfield, Toowoomba, Redlands and Rothwell.

Work will soon begin to make some modifications to convert hotel rooms to homes, with the first households anticipated to move in over coming months.

It’s part of the government’s record investment in social and affordable homes – the largest concentrated investment in Queensland’s history – to help deliver thousands and thousands of homes.

Quotes attributable to Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon:

“Since 2015, we have delivered thousands and thousands of homes with our Big Housing Build to deliver many more.

“But while we get on with our Big Build, we’ve also been buying and leasing motels, hotels and former retirement villages to help more Queenslanders into a home sooner.

“In particular, this place will have a huge impact for families – a number of whom may have been staying in emergency accommodation while we have been working to find them a long-term housing solution.

“We will now modify the hotel, ensuring that all the suites are converted into self-contained units and appropriate supports are made available on site for those families that’ll soon be calling it home.”

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