The Queensland will purchase a council property sitting idle amid a rental and social housing disaster, to create extra housing for susceptible residents.
The Rochedale South property in Logan, owned by Logan Metropolis Council, was initially meant to create inexpensive leases for pensioners however has been principally empty for the previous yr.
Resident George Wright stated he is been on the property for 15 years, agreeing the empty models have been "completely" a waste.
"I pay about $200 every week," he stated.
"It is a good little unit for single pensioners."
The rental availability in Logan is at the moment simply 0.7 per cent, with a number of throughout south-east Queensland compelled to sleep of their automobiles on account of an more and more challengingYe market.
Seven of the 12 models within the Rochedale South property are at the moment unoccupied, prompting a push for the federal government to place the models to make use of.
"I've even stated to council, if you have not obtained anyone to occupy them, I am going to offer you somebody to occupy it," Logan Ratepayers Affiliation president Rod Shaw stated.
Negotiations are underway for the council to promote the property to the state authorities.
The State Housing Division has signed a lease to take over the vacant models and supply extra social housing.
New tenants are anticipated to maneuver in by the top of this month.
"They're going to do for pensioners, girls who've suffered home violence, homeless folks," Shaw stated.