Currently, property investors can get away without doing basic things to ensure a renter’s home is healthy. QCOSS supports the Healthy Homes for Renters campaign, which is calling on all Australian governments to introduce basic standards to cut energy waste and ensure healthy homes for people who rent.
Local councils across Queensland have long demonstrated a commitment to improve the housing situation for vulnerable people in their communities. In the context of the state’s current housing "crisis", it is important that local governments continue to play an active role in improving housing outcomes for affected population groups.
Desperate Queensland parents are being forced to skip meals and feed their children cheaper, unhealthy meals to survive, a startling new report has [...]
While many Queenslanders are struggling with the cost of living, the state’s economy has been touted as the strongest in the nation. While Queensland’s budget position is strong, the pressure on household budgets is crippling. This election is the time for both major parties to commit to giving Queenslanders a fair share of the state’s prosperity.
Despite the Miles Government’s ground breaking Homes for Queenslanders Plan, Queensland renters remain at the “brutal edge” of the national housing crisis, a landmark housing report has found.
Breaking Ground is a ‘one year on’ progress report of the 2023 landmark report, A Blueprint for tackling Queensland’s housing crisis. It was the first of its kind in Australia to outline a comprehensive, evidence-based reform package to tackle the housing crisis at a state level.
Demand for emergency household relief has hit a record high in Rockhampton, as large families are crammed into motel rooms, and residents forego specialist medical appointments, community services warn.
Children are not attending school in Toowoomba because their parents can’t afford their lunches or fuel to get them there, social services warn.
Children are not attending school in Toowoomba because their parents can’t afford their lunches or fuel to get them there, social services warn.
QCOSS held a critical meeting with social services in Cairns on Thursday May 9 against the backdrop of data that demonstrates the increasing cost of living pressures.
