Queensland housing crisis: Photos reveal devastating effect of homelessness in ... trends now
Heartbreaking photos have confirmed fears of a deepening housing crisis, with more and more Queenslanders forced to live in cars and 'tent cities'.
Calls for more short-term and crisis accommodation come ahead of the state government's housing summit on Tuesday, as advocacy groups reach 'their wits' end'.
Queensland Council of Social Service chief executive Aimee McVeigh said on Monday morning the situation had deteriorated into 'an absolute crisis'.
'We need a strategy to get us out of the housing crisis - that means significantly more supply,' she told Sunrise.
'We do have families, mothers and children, living in cars, tents and hotel rooms across (the state) right now.'
Queensland's housing crisis is deepening as public spaces in major cities are being taken over with tent cities
The Queensland government will hold a housing summit on Tuesday, as advocacy groups reach 'their wits' end'
On Monday, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk opened the QBuild Rapid Accommodation and Apprenticeship Centre - a new Brisbane factory producing prefabricated house frames and flat-packed rooms.
It is hoped the Eagle Farm factory will help pump more housing supply quickly into the market, with many of the exported houses destined to be homes for regional government employees.
'These state-of-the-art factory-built houses for our frontline workers are critical to delivering essential services to regional Queenslanders while easing the pressure on rental markets,' Ms Palaszczuk said.
'This facility will deliver new homes for our frontline nurses, teachers, and police in regional and remote Queensland, along with safe, affordable and appropriate social housing for the community's most vulnerable.'
QBuild is part of the government's $519.2m Government Employee Housing construction package promising to build 439 homes over the next five years.
Devastating pictures have revealed the extent of the housing crisis in the sunshine state
