The government is set to build 201 social and affordable housing units in a richlist suburb metres from Australia’s future Olympic village.
Queensland state development minister Grace Grace said a development application has been lodged for 201 social and affordable homes at Northshore Hamilton – about 500 metres down the road from the planned Olympic village where up to 10,000 athletes were expected to be housed during the 2032 games.
PropTrack data shows the median house price in Hamilton was $2.775m last month, while the mid range for units for $553,500.
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The development is about 400m from the Brisbane River.
Renders of Brisbane Housing Company Limited plans for 17 Karakul Road, Hamilton Queensland.
Bottom left of the image is the artist’s impression of Northshore Brisbane after over a dozen new buildings are added for the future Olympic village. The BHC social and affordable housing project is along the same road heading to the left.
Around 22,000 Queenslanders were experiencing homelessness at present, according to data by St Vincent de Paul Society – Vinnies.
Ms Grace said the 8,000sq m site at 17 Karakul Road, Hamilton was identified for social and affordable housing after a land audit following the Housing Summit.
“Every Queenslander deserves a safe, secure, and affordable place to call home,” she said. “The whole nation is experiencing housing pressures, and Queensland is no different.”
“The challenges are complex, and there’s no one single simple solution: that’s why the Miles Government is committed to using every lever at our disposal.”
Ms Grace said the project for 201 social and affordable units was part of a wider plan to provide around 1,300 additional homes in the precinct.
The development is earmarked for 100% social and affordable apartments for Queenslanders in need of safe and secure housing.
The area which housed industrial sites has been steadily bought up by the Queensland government over the past decade.
Brisbane Housing Company Limited (BHC) is expected to develop this land situated at 17 Karakul Road, Hamilton Queensland into social and affordable housing.
The plans show 60 social housing units and 141 marked as affordable housing, with 120 one bedroom units, 57 two bedders and 24 three bedroom apartments.
There are expected to be 182 carparking spaces in the development, with 202 resident bicycle parking in the basement and 50 bicycle racks for visitors.
Queensland housing minister Meaghan Scanlon said the Labor government wanted its land use planning and property development agent Economic Development Queensland to make social and affordable homes a main priority.
The new development is close to the Royal Queensland Golf Club and multimillion-dollar homes in Hamilton Northshore.
Renders submitted as part of plans for the site.
Much of the area has been awaiting Queensland government plans for redevelopment. The chosen site is in blue.
“The LNP and David Crisafulli gutted the powers of EDQ’s predecessor, restricting housing supply today,” she said. “We changed the legislation to give our public developer a clear mission: make social and affordable homes a main priority. This partnership with BHC to deliver another 200 social and affordable homes adds to the hundreds of homes we’re building with them through our Housing Investment Fund.”
Brisbane Housing Corporation CEO Rebecca Oelkers said they had developed more than 2,000 homes for low-income residents over the past 20 years.
“Our team is eager to work closely with EDQ and other stakeholders to bring this exciting vision for Northshore to life.”
The expected view from the future Olympic athlete village looking towards the Brisbane CBD in the distance.
Supplied renders of how the government expects the new Olympic village buildings to look.
The move comes as Queensland Premier Steven Miles kicked off what will become billions in spending in Northshore Hamilton – allocating $87m to develop 4km worth of roads, including creating several new ones, with separated cycleways, footpaths, smart lightpoles and landscaping.
“After the Games, this area will be repurposed into much need housing, including social and affordable homes,” Mr Miles said of the Olympic athlete village developments planned for the area.
He said “these early works will transform Northshore Brisbane now, well ahead of 2032, and deliver a better, more connected Brisbane”.
The piece de resistance in the first phase will be a subtropical boulevard along Macarthur Ave lined with trees that will eventually shade 75-80 per cent of the footpaths.
BMD CEO Scott Power said his firm had worked on infrastructure upgrades within Northshore Brisbane since 2016.
Artist’s impression of Macarthur Ave now.
Expectations for five years’ time of the roadworks project.
Full tree canopy in a decade’s time.
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