The Queensland Labor Government spent less per capita on social housing and increased its property portfolio by just 73 as the state s waiting list exploded to nearly 21,000 people last year. As the coronavirus pandemic bit for the state s most marginalised, the Government spent an extra $47 million on the problem, but didn t keep up with population growth. The expenditure per head was $132, down from $135 in 2018-19, and it was the second lowest spend rate in the country, according to the 2021 Report on Government Services. Housing Minister Leeanne Enoch It follows years of the Government talking up its plans to increase public housing. Despite spending $1.05 billion on social housing in 2019-20, there was 20,820 people waiting for public housing as at June 30, 2020 - up from 15,817 a year earlier.