Newly-elected Greens MP Amy McMahon, is urging the state government to invest in a public housing construction boom.

In a letter sent to state Treasurer Cameron Dick, Ms McMahon outline the Queensland Greens’ plan to construct 250,000 new public housing homes over the next 10 years, creating 20,000 new jobs.

The member for South Brisbane says as a renter in a sharehouse, she knows what a big issue housing affordability is for the southside.