The air is clean, the grass is green and in the regional Queensland town of Goondiwindi, the rains have brought much more than replenished pastures.Rain and good seasonal conditions have attracted young professionals to the regionYoung professionals like Grace Griffiths are flocking back to the region, four hours west of Brisbane, lured by good seasonal conditions and a relaxed lifestyle.
"There's been so many young professionals move to town in the last six, seven months, which doesn't help the rental market," she said.Want more local news? Sign up to the weekly ABC Southern Qld email newsletterFinding a rental in the town of more than 10,700 people is almost impossible, so those struggling to find a place to live are left with few options.
Goodness, how can the media spin our housing crisis into a positive?
Unaffordable housing is a good thing? Nice one ABC.... 🤮
Nothing positive here at all .. ABC please have some truth in your headlines
It is in a housing crisis like the rest of the country, nothing good is coming out of it at all. If they build new homes, the rent will still be too high for most to cope.
Sadly it’s a terrible indication for how unemployed people are going to end up homeless when they can’t afford rent let alone anything else