{"id":30818,"date":"2025-01-09T18:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=30818"},"modified":"2025-01-09T18:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:01:36","slug":"the-albanese-government-is-turbocharging-housing-in-queensland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/the-albanese-government-is-turbocharging-housing-in-queensland\/","title":{"rendered":"The Albanese Government is turbocharging housing in Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Albanese Labor Government is boosting Queensland\u2019s housing supply by investing $101.8 million in critical infrastructure that will unlock more than 4,800 more homes across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten projects will be allocated funding through the Albanese Government\u2019s Housing Support Program, to fast-track housing in regional and metropolitan growth areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding will be used on enabling infrastructure works such as roads, sewage and water, as well as supporting access to social housing and increasing housing supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>$6.6 million to facilitate two new residential expansion areas in the north and south of Pormpuraaw<\/li><li>$1.7 million to help turn 14 lots into 34 lots in Napranum<\/li><li>$9.9 million to deliver 32 fully serviced lots in the remote indigenous community of Seisia<\/li><li>$5.1 million to support a 20-lot social housing development in Bamaga<\/li><li>$1.8 million to improve access and provide essential trunk infrastructure to the social housing development in New Mapoon<\/li><li>$1.8 million to deliver two lots on Mornington Island<\/li><li>$35.5 million to provide road access, footpaths and storm water drains for the Kinross Road Estate<\/li><li>$18.8 million for water and sewerage works in Balamba<\/li><li>$10.3 million for trunk infrastructure at Eaton Estate<\/li><li>$10.1 million to upgrade the road and provide public transport infrastructure in Narangba<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This funding follows $7 million already allocated to Queensland to fast-track planning capability and $67.4 million for significant enabling infrastructure and social housing across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s part of the Albanese Government\u2019s $32 billion Homes for Australia Plan to meet the ambitious national target of building 1.2&nbsp;million new, well-located homes over the next five&nbsp;years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"prime-minister-anthony-albanese\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGrowing up in social housing, I know how important a roof over your head is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy Government is committed to building Australia\u2019s future, and that includes delivering our plan to build 1.2 million new homes over the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s $101 million funding boost will deliver the enabling infrastructure needed to deliver an additional 4,800 across Queensland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"minister-for-infrastructure-transport-regional-development-and-local-government-catherine-king\">Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Catherine King:\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA place to call home is not a luxury or a nice-to-have, but a fundamental need, and our Government is making this a reality for more Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are turbocharging the delivery of enabling and community infrastructure to deliver more homes, more quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis latest funding round is a critical part of our work with states and territories to help them meet the ambitious national target to build 1.2 million well-located new homes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albanese Labor Government is boosting Queensland\u2019s housing supply by investing $101.8 million in critical infrastructure that will unlock more than 4,800 more homes across the state. Ten projects will be allocated funding through the Albanese Government\u2019s Housing Support Program, to fast-track housing in regional and metropolitan growth areas. Funding will be used on enabling &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/the-albanese-government-is-turbocharging-housing-in-queensland\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Albanese Government is turbocharging housing in Queensland&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30819,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30818\/revisions\/30819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}