Unlock
Unlock more land for housing through better planning and infrastructure investment
Building better communities starts with planning for Queensland’s growth. That means unlocking land in the right places and investing to fast-track essential water, sewerage, stormwater, power, telecommunications and transport infrastructure.
With housing demand consistently outpacing supply, it’s never been more important to address barriers to providing Queenslanders with a diverse range of housing options that meet their needs.
We're unlocking well-located land by investing in critical infrastructure at a pace and scale to support the construction of more homes across the state.
Unlocking more land for housing is a key priority in delivering practical housing solutions that increase supply, improve affordability and expand housing choice.
Key initiatives
Residential Activation Fund
Delivering essential infrastructure, like water and drainage pipes, roads and transport links, and connecting everyone to power and telecommunications, to build more homes sooner.
Releasing more land for housing
We’re unlocking vacant government-owned land for housing, and identifying priority growth areas for development.
Regional planning
We’re delivering regional plans with supporting infrastructure plans to provide a holistic understanding of what’s needed to support growth, and ensure all Queenslanders have a place to call home.
Unlocking land potential
We’re giving developers clear and consistent rules so they can invest with confidence, helping deliver more homes, infrastructure, and steady growth for Queensland communities.
Streamlining planning pathways
We’re simplifying planning rules to help get more homes built sooner, making housing more affordable and easier to find for people across Queensland.
We’re committed to partnering with local government to fast-track housing supply in well-located areas. We’re strengthening local decision-making and working with local governments to unlock land for housing.
Case study
New housing on church and charity-owned land
Our 81-home build-to-rent project on church-owned land in Walkervale, Bundaberg, showcases how unlocking church and charity-owned land can deliver much-needed affordable housing, sooner. This initiative, a partnership between the Queensland Government, the St Vincent De Paul Society Queensland and Bundaberg Regional Council, demonstrates the power of collaboration to enable fast-tracked housing supply in well-located areas.
Unlocking church and charity-owned land for housing development is a practical solution that benefits Queensland communities and supports our commitment to deliver 1 million homes over the next 2 decades.
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Delivering essential infrastructure, faster
We are fast-tracking the essential infrastructure needed to build more homes sooner. This will deliver more connected, liveable and resilient communities across Queensland.
Growing our regions
Queensland’s regions have unique strengths, opportunities, identities and lifestyles. That’s why our planning approach is not one-size-fits-all.
We’re delivering more infrastructure aligned with projected growth, economic opportunities and local priorities to ensure our regions grow well and maintain liveability while accommodating our growing state.