- The Crisafulli Government is unlocking new social and affordable housing in Toowoomba to give more Queenslanders a place to call home.
- Four social and affordable home projects given the green light across Queensland in the last month alone.
- The Crisafulli Government is delivering a fresh start, and a better lifestyle through a stronger economy.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering more Queenslanders a place to call home by green lighting 108 social and affordable homes in Toowoomba.
The new homes in Glenvale were fast-tracked through the new Ministerial Infrastructure Designation pathway, after being approved by Deputy Premier and Minister for Planning Jarrod Bleijie.
New housing approvals are critical to meeting the Crisafulli Government's commitment to build more homes sooner and deliver one million homes by 2044 with these projects set to ease Labor's Housing Crisis.
Under the former Labor Government, there was a 36 per cent reduction in new home approvals which meant Queensland had the lowest home ownership rate in all of Australia.
Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Jarrod Bleijie, said the new housing projects would deliver much-needed homes for Queenslanders.
"The Crisafulli Government is driving approvals and investment to fix a decade of inaction and underinvestment from the former Labor Government which led to Queensland's housing crisis," Deputy Premier Bleijie said.
"Unlike Labor, we are partnering with councils and industry to deliver more homes across Queensland, rather than playing the political blame game.
"The Crisafulli Government has now approved a total of 806 social and affordable homes through 17 MID approvals as well as more than 98,000 homes through our landmark $2 billion Residential Activation Fund.
"We have also halved approval timeframes for MIDs from 10 to 5 months as we mark one year of delivering for Queenslanders."
Minister for Housing and Public Works Sam O'Connor said the Crisafulli Government was delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders.
"After a decade of underinvestment, we are getting on with the job of delivering more social and community homes across our state," Minister O'Connor said.
"Projects like these will provide safe and secure homes for our most vulnerable Queenslanders and contribute to achieving our target of delivering 53,500 social and community homes by 2044.
"With our first Budget's record investment to lock in a long-term, secure pipeline of housing construction, there will be many more projects like this to come."
Treasurer and Member for Toowoomba South David Janetzki said the Crisafulli Government's new Ministerial Infrastructure Designation would give more vulnerable Queenslanders access to housing.
"This new planning process has given the greenlight for 108 social and affordable homes in Toowoomba following a decade of decline under the former Labor Government."
