Qld government scraps plan to turn Griffith University student accommodation into emergency housing
The Queensland government has scrapped plans to convert unused student accommodation into emergency housing because it would take too much work to bring it up to fire safety codes.
The plan to turn 200 student beds at Griffith University's Mount Gravatt campus into emergency accommodation was announced after a housing roundtable last year.
About $2.1 million had been spent before the conversion was abandoned, which the opposition has called a "chaotic" decision.
Today Deputy Premier Steven Miles told parliament the $25 million ear marked for the conversion would instead buy 64 homes across the state, enough for about 300 people.
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