Key Points
- Aged care, child care, nurses, cleaners, hospitality, postal and freight workers are among those being priced out of the market.
- The report found Queensland has become one of the most expensive states for renters.
- Everybody's Home coalition, are calling on the federal government to build 20,000 social and affordable houses a year, to overcome what it says is a shortfall of 640,000 dwellings.
The federal government's proposed housing reform package includes a $10 billion housing future fund to finance the construction of 30,000 social and affordable rental dwellings over five years.
