New figures have revealed the Queensland Government’s response to Moreton Bay’s homelessness crisis, which was recently described as “horrific”. In the last 15 months the Department of Housing has helped 450 “households” into government-assisted social housing and more than 3600 get rental assistance.
It comes after Mayor Peter Flannery hit back at attacks by homeless advocacy groups on social media over Moreton Bay City Council’s handling of the crisis. Mayor Flannery said the increase in homelessness over the last four-five years has been “horrific” and “we’ve done the best we can in the tight situation we’re in”.
Encircle – the community services organisation with centres at Lawnton, Kallangur and Redcliffe – has also called for “more housing needs to be made available now”.
