Queensland to allow granny flats to be rented as urgent fix for housing crisis

Premier says many cheaper rentals will now hit the market, helping thousands of people across the state

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A change to planning rules to allow Queenslanders to rent out their granny flats will increase affordable housing stocks, the state government says.

Restrictions on who can live in granny flats will be removed so secondary dwellings can be rented on the open market, the premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, announced on Friday.

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