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Terry Fleischfresser, from T&C Painters, has been repainting the interior of a caravan as a freebie to help local homeless people … South Burnett CTC plans to use the secondhand van to provide emergency temporary accommodation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 23, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

A real estate sales boom across the South Burnett may be good news for property owners but it is becoming increasingly bad news for renters.<\/p>\n

The topic of homelessness was hotly debated at the Nanango Tourism and Development Association’s August meeting last Thursday night.<\/p>\n

NaTDA secretary Jane Erkens said her Nanango Real Estate business was seeing increasing numbers of good, long-term tenants forced to seek new accommodation coupled with an increasing shortage of rental properties.<\/p>\n

This was because a large number of former rental properties have been sold to owner-occupiers recently.<\/p>\n

The result was the already tight rental market was becoming even tighter and some former tenants were at risk of becoming homeless.<\/p>\n

The meeting was told Nanango – and the South Burnett in general – had a lack of social housing options. Welfare agencies estimated the region now had as many as 100 homeless people.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The current rental crisis appeared likely to expand that figure – or lead to an exodus of residents – unless the issue was addressed.<\/p>\n

The meeting was told that in recent years South Burnett Regional Council had moved out of providing housing because it recognised it was poorly equipped to manage tenancy issues.<\/p>\n

Mrs Erkens she had raised the issue of homelessness with Federal Member for Maranoa David Littleproud, State Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto but none appeared to have a solution to the problem at present.<\/p>\n