2021-12-13 GC Agenda - Item 8 -Attachment 1 - Housing Needs Assessment

areas and large master-planned greenfield communities, but not typically at a smaller scale or within
existing urban areas.
6.3         Housing Construction
A Housing Construction Jobs Program was created to facilitate partnerships between the State with
the private sector and community housing providers to deliver jobs, drive economic growth at a local
level and ensure better community outcomes. It promised the following Sunshine Coast Capital
Investment over five years:
•     $71M investment
•     243 new social homes
•     40 full time jobs per year
An EOI targeting the Sunshine Coast region was released in August 2019. According to the
Department, 34 development proposals were submitted, however it is difficult to ascertain more than
one contract was awarded.
Partnering for Growth, also emerging out of the Housing Strategy providing a framework for the
community housing sector to work with State government to provide new and innovative housing
support and an increased supply of community and affordable housing. It is understood Churches of
Christ Housing Services, is commencing construction of 40 new affordable homes for seniors in
Caloundra through this project.
Across the State, 79% of high and very high need social housing applicants require a one or two-
bedroom dwelling. A target of 80% one or two-bedroom dwellings has been set and exceeded in
new social housing stock.20
“QuickStarts Qld” is purportedly an accelerated investment in regional Queensland housing.
Through nine development regions across Queensland, the State is constructing more social
housing through partnerships with community housing providers as well as capital build projects
delivered by government. It is suggested it will deliver 2,765 new homes across the State by 2025.
The Queensland Government’s two year $40million “Help to Home” program seeks to deliver up to
1,000 properties via the private rental market through head-leasing arrangements, relying on
privately owned single or multi-unit dwellings which may be new to market or have not previously
been available through the private residential market
The Queensland 2021-22 Budget suggested a commitment of $38.5 million for Social housing to
expand and improve social housing on the Sunshine Coast.


6.4         Proposed rental housing reform
In May 2021 the Member for South Brisbane, introduced to parliament the Residential Tenancies
and Rooming Accommodation (Tenants’ Rights) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021,
designed to improve rights for renters in Queensland, address rental affordability concerns and
improve access to safe and secure housing. Specifically it aims to bring rent increases in line with
inflation, to curb arbitrary rent increases which are not justified by improvements to the property.

In June 2021 The Minister for Communities and Housing introduced to parliament the Housing
Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 which is intended to deliver key objectives of the Housing Strategy
including:
•     Modernisation - a commitment to reviewing and modernising rental laws to better protect
      tenants and lessors and improve housing stability in the rental market.



20 Queensland Government & University of Queensland, September 2020, Interim Progress Analysis for the

evaluation of the Queensland Housing Strategy 2017-2027.


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