Queenslanders are among the most pessimistic people in the country when asked about Australia’s ability to overcome the housing crisis.
A new national housing scorecard has revealed Australia is off track to deliver the homes it needs, and public confidence in housing delivery is at rock bottom.
AMPLIFY CEO Georgina Harisson said the housing advocacy group’s inaugural Home Truths scorecard revealed how each state and territory was tracking on housing delivery, measuring not just the homes built but also community sentiment towards Australia’s housing crisis.
“The promise of an affordable and secure home for Australians has been broken. We’re not building enough homes and people don’t trust governments to turn it around,” Ms Harisson said.
She said while no state or territory was on track to meet housing needs over the next five years, Queensland, in particular faced a confidence crisis.
Ms Harisson said the Sunshine State scored 48 percent overall, with delivery at 67.7 percent and confidence at just 34 percent.
“Queenslanders are not confident about meeting housing needs, with concerns about major infrastructure projects leading to a lack of construction skills available for housing.”
She said every state and territory scored below 50 percent community confidence.
“Governments can deliver the conditions needed for more homes but need to work with the community to rebuild that confidence – a belief that progress will be material and lasting.
“Without community trust and confidence, the bold reform we need will be harder to achieve.”
Ms Harisson said low confidence in housing delivery reflected more than just supply issues, signalling deeper challenges.
“When people feel disconnected from decision making, optimism erodes. This is the case even in places where housing targets are within reach.”
She said the ACT had made the strongest progress on housing nationally with a headline score of 61.8 percent, driven by near-target delivery (96.4 percent) and the highest confidence level (46.1 percent).
“South Australia ranks second at 56.4 percent, combining solid delivery (73.8 percent) and confidence (44.5 pe4rcent), with the Malinauskas Government the most trusted in the country.”
Explore the Homes Truths scorecard.
