Makeshift campsites and tent cities are expanding across South East Queensland as the state's housing crisis escalates.
A tent city in Rothwell, in the heart of Premier Steven Miles' electorate of Murrumba, is sprawling.services, claiming it was either unsafe or unsuitable.One family with six children told 9News they had been homeless since losing their rental in August. At times, they said, they've paid up to $700 a week for a powered campsite and driven two hours to drop their kids off at school.
"Our funded service providers also provide that support to them on the ground in those establishments.READ MORE:A Queensland Council of Social Service report released in January found Brisbane was ground-zero for the nation's cost of living crisis. She said the government was "ramping up construction... to more than 2000 homes on average per year".
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