Lack of access to appropriate and affordable housing has become a national problem. National Shelter reports Australia-wide 1.2 Million households are in housing stress and 100,000 people are homeless on any one night. The situation in Brisbane is no different with 40% of low-income households experiencing housing stress in 2005. Brisbane North Housing Solutions (a branch of Qld Shelter) has recently completed research into housing affordability in the northern suburbs of Brisbane.

You can download their full report from: http://www.qshelter.asn.au/files/Housing Affordability in Brisbane's Northern Suburbs.pdf.