Critical infrastructure funding will bring 20,000 homes to 3 Brisbane suburbs

A project will earn more than $135 million in revenue to support the provision of more than 20,000 new homes in a Queensland city.

The Queensland government has announced funds through its Residential Activation Fund to support the construction of the Chambers Flat Wastewater Treatment Plant in Logan, about 27 kilometers south of the state capital CBD.

The fund will provide $135.98 million to the $334.53 million Chambers Flat Project, a key development and progressive region such as Yarrabilba, Park Ridge and Logan Village.

Such infrastructure is crucial to being able to provide 20,000 new homes to the area. Construction will begin on these homes in 2028 as part of Phase 1.

Overall, 60,000 homes will be built in the area once the new water treatment facility is fully operational after 2032.

Logan City Council Mayor Jon Raven said the funding commitment was a huge win for Logan.

“Our city is the fastest growing city in the state – but with our wastewater infrastructure, we will have to stop approving new housing soon,” Mr Raven said.

“Thanks to this funding from the Clirfly government, we can build critical wastewater infrastructure to continue to approve homes and meet the needs of the housing crisis.”

The fund will deliver more than $135 million to Logan’s Chambers Plant Wastewater Treatment Plant. Image: Getty

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The $2 billion residential activation fund is part of the state’s plan to secure our housing foundations, which aims to build one million new homes in the state by 2044.

Under the plan, regions and remote areas of the state will receive 50% of the total funding.

The first round of applications opened in April 2025 with funds focused on the construction of critical infrastructure such as water supply, sewage treatment, stormwater and roads.

According to the government, the fund has received 178 submissions from southeast Queensland, 114 of which are from rural, regional and remote areas of the state.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod Bleijie said the residential activation fund is crucial for the state to quickly track housing projects.

Mr Bleijie said: “The Crisafulli government is fulfilling our election commitments to make Logan a game-changer by funding projects such as the Chambers Flat Flat Wastewater treatment plant,” Mr Bleijie said.

The 2025-2026 budget announced by Queensland on Tuesday, June 24, 2025 states that it will provide $1 billion for the first round of the fund, an increase from the initial $500 million of the round due to the availability of shovel projects.

Jess Caire, executive director of the Queensland Property Council, said infrastructure is an important part of the challenge of enabling new housing.

“Our research shows that the cost of providing infrastructure is one of the major obstacles to new housing development, and the RAF of $2 billion will help unlock new housing supplies,” Ms Caire said.

“There is clearly a great demand for this funding for the first round of RAF oversubscriptions, and the Real Estate Commission looks forward to continuing to work with the government to ensure that the funds are allocated to where they are most needed.”

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