More homes are set to be delivered in the Wide Bay-Burnett area, with hundreds of social homes already under construction and work on new temporary supported accommodation to begin this year.
Delivering a fresh start for housing in the region, a new complex in Pialba will deliver 26 supported accommodation places for people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.
The Queensland Government’s 2025/26 Budget delivers $8.1 billion to secure housing foundations and ease the housing crisis with one million new homes, including 53,500 social and community homes by 2044.
As part of this commitment, a record $5.6 billion will be invested to deliver new social and community housing over the next four years.
Across the whole Wide Bay-Burnett, more than 290 social and community homes are in construction or under contract to be delivered, which includes:
- 157 homes in the Bundaberg region
- 93 homes in the Fraser Coast region
- 41 homes in the South Burnett region
The State Government’s Budget also locks in a 20 per cent uplift in support for specialist homelessness services across the Wide Bay–Burnett region and more than doubles funding for head leased properties to house the state’s most vulnerable over the next four years.
Queensland Minister for Housing, Sam O’Connor, said that social and community housing developments were critical to create stable and sustainable communities that support economic and social inclusion.
“The new Budget delivers $5.6 billion for social and community housing – the biggest investment Queensland has ever seen – and this Pialba development shows what that funding will deliver,” O’Connor said.
“It means more accessible, secure homes for people with disability, and more Queenslanders having a place they can call home.”
State Member for Hervey Bay, David Lee, said that the Pialba supported accommodation would be life-changing for vulnerable locals.
“It means 26 people will soon have a roof over their heads, support to get back on their feet, and the dignity of a place to call home,” Lee said.
“Projects like the new complex in Pialba are essential to ease Labor’s Housing Crisis.”
