A housing shortage is forcing workers in Chinchilla to pitch tents on vacant land
RESIDENTS of Chinchilla are battling "tent city" syndrome, with an increasing number of workers and families unable to secure proper housing.
The Surat Basin Property Group has been working combat the spread of makeshift accommodation, but the company says demand is increasingly outpacing supply.
The resources sector continues to boom and rental vacancies continue to plummet.
Statistics from SQM Research shows Chinchilla has a rental vacancy rate of just 1.9 per cent, higher than other popular mining regions in Western Australia and Queensland including Karratha (4.3%) and Moranbah (5.1%).
Long time Chinchilla local and SBPG director Greg West said the sight of tradesmen sleeping in tents on house construction sites in the middle of town indicated how tight accommodation in the resource-rich region was.
Toowoomba Chronicle
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