Homes for Queenslanders will deliver a generation’s worth of secure construction jobs and ensure that Queenslanders can afford to live and work in the community that they love. The release of this plan will provide a funding uplift of an additional $3 billion, adding to the investment government has already committed.

It sets the bar high with a target of one million new homes by 2046, including 53,500 social homes.

MORE HOMES FASTER

  • $350 million to incentivise new homes close to underutilised infrastructure

  • Mandatory housing targets under regional plans

  • Fast-tracked updates to local council plans to deliver more housing

  • New Distinctly Queensland housing design standards that simplify approvals and shorten building times

  • Streamlined priority projects via a new State Facilitated Development process

  • Cost-conscious construction through modern methods of construction

  • Running inclusionary planning pilots

  • Funding for Queensland’s construction workforce

  • Progressing detailed investigation of supportive housing development at Ivory Street

  • Real targets for real supply

  • Legislative reforms to pull all supply levers

  • Short-Term Rental Registration Scheme

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SUPPORTING QUEENSLAND RENTERS

  • $160 million Renters Relief Package to tackle cost-of-living pressures

  • Consultation to introduce a Rental Sector Code of Conduct

  • Ban on all forms of rent bidding

  • Portable bond scheme to be established to cut the up-front cost of moving house

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HELPING FIRST HOMEOWNERS

  • Increasing the first home concession threshold on transfer (stamp) duty to $700,000

  • Increasing the first home vacant land concession threshold on transfer duty to $350,000

  • Doubling of the first home owner grant

  • Targeted home ownership support for First Nations peoples aspiring to own a home

  • Increased regional Queensland finance loan support

  • Australian Government ‘Help to Buy’ Scheme

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BOOST SOCIAL HOUSING

  • 53,500 new social homes by 2046, including a pipeline of:

  • youth foyers

  • domestic and family violence shelters

  • First Nations social homes

  • supported accommodation places

  • emergency housing

  • Purchase more properties exiting the National Rental Affordability Scheme

  • Grow the community housing sector

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ENDING HOMELESSNESS

  • 20% increase for frontline homelessness services while we review Queensland’s homelessness response

  • Critical response team to all regions

  • Extension of existing emergency accommodation support to individuals and couples

  • More supported accommodation for the regions

  • More housing pathways for young people experiencing homelessness:

    • Supporting young people in community housing

    • Specialist homelessness funding expansion for young people

    • Youth Support Centre

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Only Labors comprehensive plan for new housing will ensure we can meet the demands of the future.

Find out more about the most progressive and expansive housing policy in Australia here.

MORE HOMES

I want to help Queenslanders get access to safe and affordable housing. Increasing the supply of new houses is the only way to ensure our kids will have the same opportunities we had.

We’re tackling the affordability crisis by building 1 million new homes by 2046.

RENTAL RELIEF

Renters are facing serious challenges. I care deeply for the pressures facing renters in Queensland. That’s why the Homes for Queenslanders policy is so important to me.

FIRST HOMEOWNERS

Getting your foot onto the property ladder can be hard. I believe that the government should be helping first home buyers take this important first step.

SOCIAL HOUSING

  • 53,500 new social homes by 2046

  • $1.25 billion to ramp up new social housing builds

ENDING HOMELESSNESS

I believe every Queenslander deserves a roof over their head and a safe place to call home.

I’m working hard to ensure we can end homelessness across Queensland.