This week
The Observer was told of a homeless man who was living in the toilet of a 24 hour laundromat in the region.
The lowest vacancy rate in decades in the Rockhampton region of below 2 per cent has contributed to escalating rents in the beef capital, local real estate agents say.
The extremely low vacancy rate in both Gladstone and Rockhampton is predicted to have dire consequences, forcing a significant increase in homeless people across CQ.
In December it was predicted 55.2 per cent of Central Queenslander’s would face housing stress post COVID, the highest figure in the nation.
The report