While welcomed by groups including the Property Council of Australia and housing and homelessness peak body Q Shelter,the state opposition warned against the summit becoming a “talk fest”.
“There needs to be targets,there needs to be action,and it needs to happen ASAP,” LNP leader David Crisafulli said.
Soaring property prices and rents,along with shrinking rental availability and a dearth of new social housing builds,have driven calls for governments to consider fresh approaches.
In Queensland and Brisbane,these problems will be exacerbated by the looming 2032 Olympics.
“It’s a national issue as well,” Palaszczuk told reporters.
“Our success in dealing with COVID so well as a state ... has led to a very strong economic recovery and,with that,we have seenmass interstate migration as well. Just this year alone,50,000 people have moved to Queensland.