It's all about vested interests. I'm unaware of the numbers of Queensland mp's who own investment properties, but Federally every second MP owns at least one, and a handful own upwards of ten, (register of interests).

Suspicion would fall onto why Government generally are willing and happy with the dogs breakfast housing of its citizens in Australia, has become.

Maintaining a captured audience of renters, is essential to maintains profits; for them particularly, no doubt!

Sadly for Queensland, it appears that the Minister did not learn anything from his two-year experience as trustee director with Intrust Super, described in his Linked-in profile (https://au.linkedin.com/in/mick-de-brenni-b3015139 ):

Worked with the Board on securing high-quality outcomes focussed on progressive strategies that incorporate comtemporary practices and techniques that ensure significant engagement from all stakeholders.

Yes Graham, there should at least be an option for those requiring social housing to be able to buy their lodgings? This creates better tenants more likely to dob in those recalcitrant recidivists whose activities and attitudes lower the value of the street or the suburb?

Given some of the accrued rent can be returned as a deposit, establish a record of not only saving a deposit, but being able to service a Credit Union loan, more so as incomes rise?

As socially responsible folk get off the rental roundabout, the small pool of money can be reinvested in the missing social housing? Hopefully, occasionally?

Some of which might be high rise redevelopment adjacent to underutilised urban rail links, where a good tenant mix, both commercial, residential and VIP Penthouses? Will effectively mitigate against ghettoization or nogo slums? Moreover expose potential job seekers to potential employers and visa versa, as near and convenient neighbors

Moreover, could also be places with similar ownership options available within the first five-six years?
Alan B.

Governments don't do anything well these days. The SA Housing Trust is a mess, with empty, derelict houses and long waiting lists. There are NFP organisations who provide housing, not all lined up in the one suburb, who do a much better job and seem to be able to house people much quicker than the government can.

There'll be a union's interest behind this decision, that's how things work in QLD now

Yes Diver, and there's plenty of examples?
Like former minister Kevin Andrews, who seems to own some 230 negatively geared properties? And there allegedly to make a difference? Yeah sure!

Imagine what a pickle he and others like him if we had a genuine effective social housing policy and folks forced to rent, had a real option of (can't died in a cornfield over a century ago) much lower cost SOCIAL HOUSING!? And deserted his residential investments in droves?

And given how many pollies own investment housing? Little wonder the status quo reigns supreme and the palpable lack of appetite to do anything real about social housing or over 100,00 and growing homeless!

None more so than single divorced women, deserted in their twilight years by increasingly disinterested husbands?
Midlife crisis and all that crap!
Alan B.