- 2025-26 Budget locks in long-term pipeline of social and community housing construction with a $5.6 billion investment pipeline.
- More than 200 social and community homes are in construction or under contract across the Central Queensland region to deliver a place to call home for more local residents.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start in Central Queensland, with construction underway on new homes in Gracemere, and more than 200 social and community homes under construction or about to begin across the region.
Works began on site in March on the Gracemere complex of seven units, which will add to the existing stock of more than 4,200 social homes in Central Queensland.
The Crisafulli Government's 2025-26 Budget delivers $8.1 billion to secure our housing foundations and deliver a place to call home for more Queenslanders with one new million homes, including 53,500 social and community homes, by 2044.
As part of this commitment, a record $5.6 billion will be invested in new social and community housing over the next four years to deliver on that goal, which includes $95 million for the Central Queensland region to expand and improve social and community housing.
For the first time, the Budget also locks in baseline funding of $500 million per year from 2029–30, creating a long-term pipeline of social and community homes for Queenslanders most in need.
It follows a decade of underinvestment in social and community housing by the former Government, leading to record waitlists and Labor's Housing Crisis.
Across the Central Queensland region, more than 200 social and community homes are now in construction or under contract to be delivered. This includes:
- 74 homes across Rockhampton in the suburbs of Kawana, Koongal and Gracemere
- 47 homes across Livingstone Shire in the suburbs of Yeppoon and Emu Park
- 106 across Gladstone in the suburbs of Gladstone Central, South Gladstone and Kirkwood
The Crisafulli Government's Budget also locks in a 20 per cent uplift in support for specialist homelessness services across Central Queensland and across the state more than doubles funding for head leased properties to house our most vulnerable over the next 4 years.
This investment is helping create stable, sustainable communities and improving housing access for people with disability, older Queenslanders, and vulnerable households.
Minister for Housing Sam O'Connor said social and community housing developments like the Gracemere project were critical to creating stable, sustainable communities which support economic and social inclusion.
"We are delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders and and this Budget delivers the investment to get more social and community homes out of the ground," Minister O'Connor said.
"The Crisafulli Government's first Budget delivers $5.6 billion for social and community housing — the biggest investment Queensland has ever seen — and this Gracemere development shows what that funding will deliver.
"Labor created Queensland's housing crisis by failing to have housing delivery keep pace with population growth — we're turning things around with record long-term funding, by cutting red tape, and by empowering the community housing sector to get more homes built sooner.
"One in five Queenslanders live with disability and we know it can be harder for them to find, get and keep appropriate and affordable housing.
"The Gracemere project includes homes built to meet the needs of older Queenslanders and people with disability."
Member for Rockhampton Donna Kirkland said the Crisafulli Government was delivering a place to call home for more vulnerable people in Central Queensland.
"Our first Budget delivers the investment needed to get more social and community homes out of the ground," Ms Kirkland said.
"Projects like the new complex in Gracemere are essential to ease Labor's Housing Crisis.
"Central Queenslanders deserve safe, secure housing and we're securing our housing pipeline, removing red tape for builders, and working with community housing providers to get more homes built."
Member for Keppel Nigel Hutton welcomed the delivery of new homes in the Livingstone Shire, including Emu Park and Yeppoon.
"After years of neglect under Labor, these new homes will provide stability for local people who've been waiting too long for safe, secure housing," Mr Hutton said.
"The Crisafulli Government's long-term plan and record investment is delivering the change our region has needed for a long time."
