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A home for every Queenslander

  • September 12, 2022
  • by Andrii Sendziuk

On Thursday, 8 September the Property Council released A home for every Queenslander – a solutions-based report addressing housing availability and affordability.

To bolster the report, the Property Council commissioned AEC Group to test the intention of Sydney and Melbourne residents to move interstate, and if they were intending to move, where they intended to move to.

The research found that:

  • An estimated 360,000 people (1 in 20) will move from Sydney and Melbourne to another State in the next five years.
  • Around 220,000 of those are forecast to come to Queensland. Further, the vast majority are likely to settle in South East Queensland.

That is the equivalent of the entire population of Townsville and Gladstone relocating to South East Queensland in a five year period.

This growth affords South East Queensland and Queensland more broadly a unique opportunity – but to harness it, bold action must be taken to address the housing crisis with demand only set to escalate as interstate migration rises, international migration levels return, and Queensland gears up for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

While there are a multitude of factors impacting housing supply and price that are market factors and remain outside of the Queensland Government’s circle of influence, there are many factors directly within Government’s influence.

The Property Council calls on the Queensland Government to be bold in taking action.

Our 4 key recommendations to tackle Queensland’s biggest issue are as follows:

  • Industry and government to work together to build the case for bold reform, through educating the community about growth management in SEQ, the role of the Regional Plan, and the benefits of good development.
  • Incentivise Build-to-Rent in both vertical and horizontal forms as an asset class to provide more housing options, greater housing security for renters and swiftly deliver critical supply to market.
  • Empower and resource Economic Development Queensland and the Growth Areas Team to expedite development in targeted local government areas, accelerate infrastructure investment, and inform planning for additional SEQ growth areas.
  • Undertake systemic changes to planning processes and local government obligations to address challenges in the existing planning framework.

While industry stands ready to create the homes South East Queensland needs, it can’t do it alone. We need help from all levels of government to unshackle industry from a tired, inefficient planning and regulatory system, and to invest in this important social outcome.

To mobilise the full weight of the community’s resources, the Property Council has called upon the Queensland Government to urgently convene a housing summit, to bring together government, industry, and the community sectors to find the best way to address this problem holistically.

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For more information relating to this report, please email [email protected].