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"Sorry, but we need to build more homes" (Qld)

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"Sorry, but we need to build more homes" (Qld)

Media release
This must be the only response from the government elected on 26 October to any organisation, group or individual who gets in the way of building the homes that Queensland needs, according to the HIA.

“When any individual, group, union or recalcitrant or revenue-seeking Council obstructs housing development, the outcome is more people living in tents in our parks,” said HIA Executive Director Queensland, Michael Roberts.

“We need to build around 50,000 homes in Queensland each year to have any hope of resolving the housing crisis in a decade. This year, it looks like we will build about 32,000 so we are 36% behind in the first year.

“The NIMBY crew must not be indulged any longer, and productivity needs to increase if we are to meet our housing targets.

“Whatever the result of the upcoming election, the government needs to hit the ground running to cut red tape and taxes and focus more resources on home construction.

“They need to use a standard response to anyone who charges too much, delays, protests or otherwise gets in the way of market-led housing development, and that response is – “Sorry, but we need to build more homes.”

Mr Roberts said that he believed the housing crisis had reached a point where more Queenslanders understood that housing development was required in all forms and in every viable location.

“For industry to deliver the homes we need, all cylinders have to be firing. We need more detached homes, more multi-residential in duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, terraces and small unit blocks, and we need more unit towers to go ahead as well.

“When applications for housing developments are obstructed, the new State Government must involve itself quickly to overcome hurdles, help make projects more viable and get them moving.

“To all those who want to argue against HIA’s position, my response will be straight forward: “Sorry, but we need to build more homes,” concluded Mr Roberts.

For more information please contact:

Mike Roberts

Executive Director – Queensland
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