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It might look like any other South Brisbane apartment building, but it operates on a model that advocates say is life changing.

The residents behind the letter have complained about the conduct of some of the occupants at the motel in Hamilton in Brisbanes northeast.

Letter calls for restoration of ‘safe and quiet neighbourhood’ after Hamilton hotel hosts about seven families over new year

Fed up residents of a ritzy suburb of Brisbane have issued a letter warning locals of a motel being used as a homeless shelter that they deem an imminent safety threat.

Turning an empty police station in an old Queenslander into a health and housing hub in one of SEQ’s homeless hotspots is a model to be repeated throughout Queensland.

Advocates say such accommodation has no security of tenure, discourages independence, lacks privacy, and shouldn't be over-relied on for people with disability.

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Adrian Schrinner commits $1 million to relocating people living in the city's parks to the empty $400 million COVID quarantine centre near the airport, but has not spoken to the federal government, who own the facility.

As interest rates rise again and politicians argue over an empty 1000-bed accommodation centre, those most affected by the housing crisis are still out in the cold.

Outreach services say kids are falling through the cracks of a system under constant pressure with hundreds of children known to the department possibly living on the streets.