The Gold Coast is booming, but rapid economic growth is putting increasing pressure on housing affordability for the essential workers who keep the city running.
Future Housing Taskforce founder Kevin Doodney sits down with Deputy Mayor and Planning Chair Mark Hammel for an unplugged discussion, produced in collaboration with
Unemployable Property.
The conversation tackles one of the Gold Coast’s biggest challenges: housing. With around 420 new residents arriving each week, housing supply running at less than half the level required, and many essential workers increasingly priced out of the city, the pressure on the market continues to grow.
Mark speaks openly about why previous affordable housing initiatives have struggled, what needs to change in the city’s new planning scheme, and why the housing problem may get worse before meaningful improvements are felt.
It is a candid discussion about population growth, planning, affordability and the decisions required to create a more sustainable housing future for the Gold Coast.