Queensland Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon confirmed her office would contact two property investment bodies that had been left out of the state’s housing summit. PIPA chair Nicola McDougall said the exclusion was baffling given private investors housed most of the state’s renters, and pointed to survey findings that 45 per cent of investors had sold a property in the previous two years. Treasurer Cameron Dick denied state policy had worsened the crisis.
Reported by
Stephanie Bennett , Madura McCormack, and Andreas Nicola, Gold Coast Bulletin, 5 July 2023
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