abc.net.au/news/qld-granny-flats-rent-lease-planning-changes-housing-crisis/101467440Queensland home owners who have granny flats will be allowed to rent them out over the next three years under emergency planning changes designed to alleviate the state's housing crisis.
The move will enable secondary dwellings to be made available to people other than immediate family members and expand accommodate options for smaller households, such as students, single persons, older people and couples. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the change will mean "cheaper properties will enter the rental market, helping thousands of people"."At the same time some Queenslanders are sleeping in their cars or in tents," he said.Mr Miles said using under-utilised granny flats was quicker than building new accommodation.
The bureaucrats need to get the hell out of the way of the people. My local gvt bans the inclusion of an apartment above a shop. Why? Get out of our way.
They could look at turning offices in industrial units into flats. I converted my upstairs office into a flat and lived there for 5 years. Lots are used that ways as a 'caretakers residence'
There are 1m+ empty residential dwellings in this country. The politicians should be focused on implementing policies that will force most of them to end up on the rental or sale market.