Proposal for motels to house homeless people to be brought to Queensland summit

Repurposing of existing accommodation and other facilities to be suggested at government-convened housing meeting

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Hotels and motels would be repurposed to house homeless people under a proposal to be tabled at Queensland's affordable housing summit on Thursday.

The proposal is among a string of ideas to be floated for urgent relief for the tens of thousands of people who are on the state's social housing waiting list, couch surfing or sleeping in cars or on the streets.

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