Whitsunday housing crisis: How council plans to tackle problem
The Aussie dream – owning a large block of land – might become smaller amid measures proposed to help ease the housing crisis crippling a regional Queensland tourist hotspot.
A regional Queensland tourist hotspot facing a housing shortage crisis has proposed sweeping changes to ease the problem.
Whitsunday Regional Council has formally adopted a consultation plan to determine what measures it will take to shore up housing for the population now and into the future.
The motion, carried 6-0, comes just days after a scathing Auditor-General report into the state’s social housing register.
Among the measures to be put forward for discussion are potential changes to the planning scheme to encourage more development in a sustainable way, such as granny flat floor sizes and dual occupancy on measured lots.
