Exclusion of ‘thousands’ of people from waitlists masks Queensland’s housing crisis, Greens say

Comments came as committee calls for coordinated response to improve access to social housing

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Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman says the scale of the state's housing crisis is being masked by government measures that have excluded potentially thousands" of applicants from joining social housing waitlists.

The Queensland parliament's community support and services committee tabled a report on Friday afternoon, exploring housing models in Sydney and Melbourne.

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