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Govt under fire with kids 'suffering' in watch houses

Advocates say children are suffering in Queensland watch houses and a state government Youth Justice Act tweak will only make the problem worse.

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Cost of living soaring across Queensland: Report

Queenslanders are battling to meet a basic standard of living, with Brisbane leading Australia when it comes to rent, energy, insurance and health price hikes.

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Advocates urge targeted programs in youth crime plan

Advocates have called on the state government to develop a comprehensive plan to tackle youth crime with the current strategy to expire this month

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Surging demand for social housing as homelessness soars

Demand is soaring for housing assistance in Queensland with homelessness on the rise amid a cost of living crisis, the peak social service body warns.

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Advocates question Queensland’s ability to deliver on ambitious affordable homes plan

Qcoss says more details needed as to how state can ensure 20% of around 900,000 proposed new homes will be affordable

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‘Doesn’t make any sense’: call for Queensland home park rent caps to apply to all tenants

Advocates for renters say state shouldn’t play favourites with proposed limits on rent increases

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Toowoomba carer in housing stress faces uncertain future despite federal budget welfare boost

Toowoomba's Petrina Haworth is finding it impossible secure a new rental home for herself and her 25-year-old daughter, who requires care, to the point she has filled a notebook with her list of rental inspections.

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Groups fear landlords may use loophole to bypass Queensland’s new once-a-year rent-rise law

QCOSS and other tenant advocacy groups support the new rental measures but urge landlords to do the right thing, saying there is still ‘more work to do’ around housing reform

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Queensland government faces backlash over move to consider rent caps

Comments by Annastacia Palaszczuk on limiting rent increases have been praised by some economists and panned by the real estate sector

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Rent caps on the table as Queensland confronts housing crisis

Families are at the heart of Queensland's housing crisis as a new report shows the scale of the problem.

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Rent caps on the table as Qld confronts housing crisis

Families are at the heart of Queensland's housing crisis as a new report shows the scale of the problem.

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Homelessness up 22 per cent in Queensland, almost three times the national increase

Hasel Liu is a single father, and one of the thousands of faces of Queensland's drastically deteriorating homelessness crisis.

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Landlord limits 'not needed' in Queensland as sky-high rents force people from their homes

Despite a rental crisis forcing people from their homes, the housing minister and real estate lobby say limits are not needed.

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Girls will be locked up for longer if Queensland passes new youth justice laws, advocates warn

Queensland parliament is set to debate new youth justice laws which advocates warn will put more girls behind bars.

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Energy costs, poorly built houses leave Queensland renters stuck in hot conditions

A new report shows some rental homes topped 40C during summer as tenant advocates call for the Queensland government to extend electricity bill rebates.

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Brisbane’s high-rise strategy welcomed amid warnings it will not solve social housing crisis

Lord mayor says plan to increase residential building heights in riverfront precinct will help city out of ‘perfect storm’

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MP questions vacant state-owned house in Nanango during housing shortage

In the heart of a town facing a severe housing crisis, a state-owned house stands vacant and unused. It has left a local MP and social housing groups asking why.

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Could prefab be a quick fix for the housing crisis? Queensland's government thinks so

Fifty-two homes — a mix of two and three bedrooms — will be delivered across the state in the coming months, but housing advocates say it's not enough.

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Queensland housing crisis leaving essential health workers without a place to rent

Registered nurse Colleen Clark has been searching for a new rental in Theodore since April last year without success, an experience that has left her feeling "hopeless and undervalued" despite rural health workers being in high demand.

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Queensland housing crisis a 'perfect storm' hitting young people and baby boomers the hardest

From young mums to disability pensioners, Queenslanders are feeling the devastating impacts of the housing crisis due to a crippling lack of affordable stock — so what are the solutions?

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The lush gullies hiding the hard truths of Queensland’s housing crisis

Ravaged by floods and rising rents, Gympie is a ‘microcosm’ of a statewide issue that advocates say needs to be addressed

The Guardian - AU

Airbnb landlords to pay tens of thousands of dollars under proposed Queensland levy

Greens bill will see investors pay 5% levy on all residential property left vacant for more than six months

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National Rental Affordability Scheme's end prompting homelessness fears for single mother

As a federal rental subsidy program winds down and social housing applications triple, Melanie says she sees no option for her and her two children but to move into her car.

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Calls for 50,000 new social houses in Queensland before 2032 Olympics

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces 200 new crisis accommodation units as prelude to upcoming housing summit

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NRAS tenants face rising rents as affordable rental scheme winds down

Low-income tenants who have rented through the National Rental Affordability Scheme now face competing on the open market as the scheme winds up.

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