❓ Dr. Pettitt questions the Minister for Housing regarding public housing waitlists, seeking specific data and advocating for increased transparency through a monthly housing dashboard. The Minister provides some data but cites limitations in providing specific details regarding disability support payments and refers to previous answers for waitlist timelines.
AnsweredQoN 632Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOUSING —
WAITLIST
632. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the wait turn and
priority public housing waitlist.
(1) How many applicants and
individuals were on each list at the end of May 2023?
(2) How many in (1) receive the
disability support payment?
(3) On what date
did the applicant who has been waiting the longest on each waitlist initially
join the waitlist?
(4) Will the
minister commit to recommencing publication of a housing dashboard of key
public housing statistics like these on a monthly basis, as is done in other
Australian jurisdictions, so that non-government members of Parliament do not
have to use up questions during question time?
WAITLIST
632. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the wait turn and
priority public housing waitlist.
(1) How many applicants and
individuals were on each list at the end of May 2023?
(2) How many in (1) receive the
disability support payment?
(3) On what date
did the applicant who has been waiting the longest on each waitlist initially
join the waitlist?
(4) Will the
minister commit to recommencing publication of a housing dashboard of key
public housing statistics like these on a monthly basis, as is done in other
Australian jurisdictions, so that non-government members of Parliament do not
have to use up questions during question time?
AnswerView source ↗
I
thank the member for some notice of the question. The following response has
been provided by the Minister for Housing.
(1) As at 31 May
2023, the number of applications on the public housing waitlist fell to 19 081
statewide, representing 33 987 people. This included 4 717 priority
applications representing 9 310 people.
(2) As advised in
the response to Legislative Council question on notice 1329, data recorded on
applications containing a disability support payment is unable to be provided
to this level of specificity as not all people on an application may be in
receipt of the payment, and data is recorded on a tenancy level.
(3) Please refer to the response
provided to Legislative Council question on notice 1312.
(4) As the member has been advised,
waitlist data is regularly made publicly available.
thank the member for some notice of the question. The following response has
been provided by the Minister for Housing.
(1) As at 31 May
2023, the number of applications on the public housing waitlist fell to 19 081
statewide, representing 33 987 people. This included 4 717 priority
applications representing 9 310 people.
(2) As advised in
the response to Legislative Council question on notice 1329, data recorded on
applications containing a disability support payment is unable to be provided
to this level of specificity as not all people on an application may be in
receipt of the payment, and data is recorded on a tenancy level.
(3) Please refer to the response
provided to Legislative Council question on notice 1312.
(4) As the member has been advised,
waitlist data is regularly made publicly available.
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