A lack of housing options for future residents is jeopardising major economic opportunities to help rural and remote communities like Etheridge and Murweh Shire grow.

Queensland’s councils have put forward a series of immediate measures to tackle the statewide housing crisis, as they joined Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s emergency housing round table.

A desperate housing shortage is putting First Nations children at a disadvantage at school and setting back health care and life expectancy.

Quadrupling social housing funding, extending the First Home Owners’ Grant and unlocking abandoned, unused and empty properties are ways to begin conquering Queensland’s housing crisis.

Burke Shire Council is helping its community break the cycle with a unique partnership that’s making the seemingly impossible prospect of home ownership a reality.