The number of unrelated people living in one dwelling will be limited from six to five.
Brisbane City Council has advised the State Government to make the changes in order combat overcrowding in student accommodation.
Quest newspaper, the Southern Star, reported students in the Macgregor, Sunnybank and Robertson areas were sleeping on the floor due to overcrowding.
The worst reported house had 15 students living in it, with some sleeping in the garage.
The council's decision comes after taking action last year against illegal boarding houses for students.
A neighbourhood action group made complaints about the poor conditions of the boarding houses, which were altered from family homes to student accommodation.
The group initially wanted to limit the number of unrelated people living in a house from six to four.
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Brisbane rent has risen by 10.1 per cent from last years figures released by Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The figures are the fastest annual growth rate since 1989.
ABS says the overall increase in rents across Australia were 8.4 per cent despite only an average increase in wages of 4 per cent
Chief economist Liam O'Hara says there are critical supply shortages, but renters would be pleased to know that landlords' obsession with hiking rents seems to be slowing.
A 26 year old Melbourne man is planning a fundraising concert in Brisbane in February to assist with the funding of his recently opened orphanage in Kenya.
Jess White opened Famalia Moja Children's Centre in 2007, after returning to Melbourne to work in finance and becoming disillusioned with the status-quo of society.
Mr White has used his expertise in finance to run the orphanage and plans to continue raising funds through events like the concert on 7th of February at The Joynt in West End.
Over the next twelve months Mr White has big plans to purchase land and build a permanent home for the orphanage.
All funds raised at The Joynt will go towards these goals.
A Japanese paper production group is saving the environment by printing poetry on toilet paper.
The Japan Toilet Labo said poetry on toilet paper will help cut paper usage by 20 per cent.
The poems share valuable insight such as:
“That paper will meet you only for a moment”
“Fold the paper over and over and over again”
“Love the toilet”
An industry body said studies show that more and more toilet paper is being used in Japan.
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