The Queensland premier says a summit on the state's housing crisis next month is the first step in dealing with the problem intensified by mass migration from interstate.
The summit comes almost a year after it was first proposed by social services, charities, local governments, property and employer groups and construction companies.
Roundtable talks to plan for the gathering are due to be held on Friday.
Annastacia Palaszczuk says the summit will consider land supplies and social housing, but all options are on the table.
"This is a very good first start," she told reporters on Tuesday.
"I want Queenslanders to understand I recognise that this is an issue.
"In a modern economy where we have one of the fastest growth of the economy in the nation, you know, it is a shock to see people living out of their cars or not being housed.
"But this is a big job, and we are going to start this by bringing everyone together this Friday, and then of course, the housing summit."
Ms Palaszczuk said mass migration was putting pressure on housing with 50,000 people moving to Queensland from interstate this year already.
Some 220,000 people are planning to move there from Sydney and Melbourne in the next five years, according to Property Council of Australia research released last week.
The premier said plans by the federal government to increase the intake of international migrants will add to pressure.
She also wants to ensure social housing like that provided to her own family will continue to be available to people in need.
"My grandfather came out here as part of skilled migration and they were initially housed in a camp at Wacol, which is now affordable housing for families until they were able to be placed into housing," Ms Palaszczuk said.
"My grandfather always said to me, 'There's nothing more important than having a roof over a person's head'. I absolutely understand those issues."
The Queensland Council of Social Services, the Local Government Association of Queensland, the Property Council of Australia, Q Shelter and Master Builders Queensland will take part in Friday's talks.
QCOSS chief executive Aimee McVeigh said next month's summit must result in a tangible plan being drawn up to deliver enough housing for those in need.
About 5000 social homes need to be built annually for the next 10 years to keep up with demand, she said.
QCOSS also wants the government's Housing Investment Fund to be expanded, more investment in infrastructure to support housing developments in the regions, and existing housing stock to be repurposed, rebuilt and reused.
"By the 2032 Olympics every Queenslander should have a place they can call home," Ms McVeigh said in a statement.
There is a severe shortage of homes in Queensland, with 27,437 households on the waiting list for government housing, and tight private rental vacancy rates.
