There are fewer community homes in Queensland today than in 2016
Labor’s Community Housing shame has been exposed with a new report revealing Queensland is the only state to have fewer community homes today, than seven years ago.
In the middle of the Queensland Housing Crisis, Labor has overseen a 1% drop in non-government run housing, amounting to 120 fewer homes available for Queenslanders in need, than in 2016.
Since 2016, Community Housing in Queensland has fallen from 11,737 to 11,614 homes, the only State to go backwards, a new productivity commission report has exposed.
In the same time, New South Wales has increased its community housing stock by 63% and South Australia has increased by 68%, with totals across Australia surging by 44%.
The revelation is even more shocking given the Queensland Social housing waitlist has ballooned from 29,636 people in 2017 to more than 43,000, while the Queensland population has soared by more than 15%.
The falling number of community homes is a direct result of the State Labor Government’s failure to invest in and work with the community housing sector since it was elected more than nine years ago.
Shadow Minister for Housing, Tim Mander, said the numbers were another example of how Labor’s chaos and crisis was costing Queenslanders.
“In the middle of the Queensland Housing Crisis, Labor’s failures have sent community housing backwards and left more Queenslanders without a roof over their head,” Mr Mander said.
“Labor should hang their heads in shame for allowing Queenslanders to live in tents while they fail to work with the community housing sector to deliver the homes we need.
“Good governments build homes, but Labor has built-up nothing but false hope and broken promises to Queenslanders waiting for a roof over their head.
“Only the LNP has the Right Priorities for Queensland’s Future, including securing our housing foundations.
“To ease the Queensland Housing Crisis, an LNP government would prioritise infrastructure partnerships with local government to unlock more land for housing, unleash the community housing sector and set KPIs and deliver social housing projects on-time and on-budget.”
| Community housing – number of dwellings | |||||||||
| Area | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Aus |
| Since 2016 | 63% | 37% | -1% | 2% | 68% | 52% | 139% | 31% | 44% |
| Annual change | -1% | 11% | 1% | -11% | -1% | 6% | 95% | -1% | 1% |
| 2023 | 53,329 | 13,539 | 11,614 | 6,424 | 12,023 | 9,348 | 1,343 | 488 | 108,108 |
| 2022 | 54,098 | 12,154 | 11,495 | 7,186 | 12,121 | 8,806 | 687 | 495 | 107,042 |
| 2021 | 52,963 | 10,905 | 11,422 | 6,638 | 12,067 | 6,717 | 690 | 478 | 101,880 |
| 2020 | 49,312 | 10,728 | 11,049 | 6,899 | 11,830 | 6,457 | 523 | 464 | 97,262 |
| 2019 | 46,250 | 10,627 | 10,941 | 6,872 | 11,284 | 6,218 | 647 | 431 | 93,270 |
| 2018 | 34,743 | 10,341 | 11,104 | 6,961 | 11,271 | 6,056 | 677 | 374 | 81,527 |
| 2017 | 33,837 | 10,042 | 11,490 | 6,722 | 7,134 | 6,044 | 674 | 385 | 76,328 |
| 2016 | 32,647 | 9,902 | 11,737 | 6,282 | 7,173 | 6,156 | 563 | 373 | 74,833 |