‘Failure of epic proportions’ by Qld govt responsible for social housing shortage

Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says a “failure of epic proportions” by the Queensland government is responsible for the state’s social housing shortage.
Data released in November for last year’s June to September quarter revealed over 43,000 Queenslanders were on the social housing waitlist in the state, according to the Queensland Council of Social Service - a rise of 1,600 since the quarter prior.
Queensland Council of Social Service Chief Executive Aimee McVeigh said the state’s social housing register is ‘more like 100,000 households' requiring social housing, but they don’t apply because they can wait years.
“We’re the only state in the nation over the last eight years where community housing’s gone backwards,” Mr Crisafulli said at a press conference on Saturday.
“In that same period, many states have added many thousands of extra dwellings under that sector, and you can speak to the community housing sector about what things were like when Tim [Mander] was the minister.
“Right now, the government is failing right across the board - people don’t believe they can own their own home, people are struggling to pay rent and find rentals and social housing is going backwards - that is a failure of epic proportions.”

[@DieterZimmermann-yf4le]

Don't worry Queensland, Albo is saving the planet.

[@lornatodd4750]

🤢

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Good on you david. 👍

[@TrickyBoy1517.]

Time to grow out of the ALP, Australia 😊

[@andersdottir1111]

45,000 needing accommodation didn’t just appear overnight; this has been known about and ignored for years.
Shame shame shame.

[@GJS65]

Triple Chins red carpet lifestyle has always been the ALP's number 1 priority.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

You mean "decades."

[@muzzleflash1]

Has Anastasia Palaszczuk built her brand new, ten bedroom home made of solid gold yet? With the covid payments.

[@Karlos-Khaos]

Cancel the games
Second that

[@heatherstewart8452]

Health has taken a dive, wait lists beyond belief, people die before they can get treatment, QLD health, homes and education are a disgrace

[@davepowelldrumz]

cancel the games.

[@Karlos-Khaos]

Second that

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Hope you knock off, boy wonder in the election. 👍

[@pbier6507]

Boy Wonder where are you?

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

Letting in 600,000 immigrants per year will certainly help with the Housing problem and Inflation, won't it? 🙄

[@RobertPahlavi-ko4gj]

Full concrete or full metal houses ? #australia #Suzuki #ibm accountants 🙏 #pops

[@LuciferBlack-er9jd]

While calling on consumers to boycott the largest private employer of Australians...215,000 of them
This 🇦🇺 is yet another example of the Robodebt right wing conservatives way of governing.........😳

[@bestestusername]

What drugs are you on labor is making people homeless and you are ranting about a simple comment? Grow up Aussies are on the streets because of your precious labor party and they don't care, they care about windmills

[@dontbeasheeple5883]

Pink batts