Social services organisations are campaigning for the government to quadruple its budget for social housing.
Queensland has committed $1.4 billion to build 5,500 social homes in the next ten years, however there were over 26,000 households on the state government’s Public Housing Register as of September.
Queensland Council of Social Services chief executive Aimee McVeigh said it was clear "Queensland is currently in a housing crisis".
"We would like an immediate investment of $4.1 billion from the state government to at least house the 14,700 families who are currently on the social housing register and classified as very high need [which] means they have no suitable or stable place to live," she said.