New data reveals house block approvals have slumped to an historic low under the Palaszczuk Labor Government, building more pressure on the Queensland Housing Crisis.
The figures from the Queensland Statisticians Office shows approvals have plummeted 30 per cent under the Palaszczuk Government and are now at the lowest since records began 20 years ago, except for at the height of the global pandemic.
With fewer house block approvals, fewer homes are built, sending rents skyrocketing and leaving Queensland’s growing population fighting just to keep a roof over their head.
The numbers expose the long-running, systemic failure of the Palaszczuk Labor Government to plan for Queensland’s growth, delivering the land and infrastructure needed to house our growing population.
This downward spiral of house block approvals is because the Palaszczuk Labor Government is in a constant state of chaos and crisis, unable to plan the housing needed for Queensland’s future.
Shadow Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod Bleijie said these results sounded the alarm on a housing crisis that was set to worsen, not improve.
“What Queenslanders are witnessing is the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s lack of long-term planning to accommodate our growing population,” Mr Bleijie said.
“Fewer house blocks are being approved than a decade ago, despite our population continuing to balloon.
“We should be seeing more house blocks approved to ensure the homes are being built to ease the Queensland Housing Crisis.
“Instead, we have limited land supply and the cost of existing homes to buy or rent continues to be pushed through the roof.”
Shadow Housing Minister Tim Mander said the housing crisis Queenslanders were enduring had been eight years in the making under the Palaszczuk Labor Government.
“New house building approvals have shrunk by a whopping 30 per cent on this Government’s watch and the outlook is grim,” Mr Mander said.
“Queenslanders are paying a high price for this Government’s long-term failure to plan and deliver the housing we need for our growing population.
“The LNP has put solutions on the table to ease the Queensland Housing Crisis, including infrastructure partnerships with local government to deliver more land for housing, empowering the community housing sector and building government social housing projects on-time and on-budget.”
