Queensland Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon says the government is aiming to maximise the use of space as the state continues to grapple with the housing shortage.

Hopefully Minister Meaghan Scanlon is able to maintain their stance on pushing for higher density housing.

Around our area they are cutting up ex-farming blocks (including a heap of trees and scrub) in to housing estates with 250m2 blocks. Its absolute insanity to convert that much land in to dwellings that are so useless - they can’t fit many people per house, and there’s so much wasted space with “backyards” you can’t use, walls so close you get no privacy (less than units in fact due to the lack of insulation and sound proofing!), and seperate services being run to every block which is super inefficient compared to centralised services.

I would love to see these ridiculous estates being done in medium to high density housing with a big park in the middle instead.

Also I like the idea of blocks of units being subsidised by the Government, but then containing x% of public housing. The building is less risk for a builder to take on because of the financial backing, the building is of better quality because it has to meet Government standards, and it integrates public housing with private housing to prevent “slums”.

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    2•1 year ago

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    Tenant Paul Sandow’s house in Zillmere was demolished to make way for four units, one of which will become his new home.

    The retired postman lost his income after he developed tumours throughout his body, rendering him unable to work.

    The 69-year-old said nine years ago Aboriginal housing provider Umpi Korumba gave him a home when he needed it most.

    Umpi Korumba general manager Mary Doctor said it had been a “20-year-journey” to turn Uncle Paul’s old house into a “luxury” four-unit complex.

    Ms Doctor said they bought the property in 2002 and spent the next two decades filling in paperwork and working to meet state and federal government regulatory requirements.

    She said higher-density dwellings were needed to address Brisbane’s chronic housing shortage.

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