❓ Hon Steve Martin asks the Minister for Housing about the number of state government social houses and vacancies from 2016-2021. The Minister provides data on total social housing stock and public housing vacancies, differentiating between returning and not-returning properties.
AnsweredQoN 307Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOUSING — NUMBER
307. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to state government housing
numbers.
(1) For the end of
each calendar year 2016 to 2021, what was the number of state government social
houses?
(2) For those in (1), how many were
vacant?
307. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to state government housing
numbers.
(1) For the end of
each calendar year 2016 to 2021, what was the number of state government social
houses?
(2) For those in (1), how many were
vacant?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The
Department of Communities provides standard reporting by financial year. The
rest of that answer across the years 2016 to 2021 is in tabular form, so I seek
leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
As
at date:
Total
Social Housing Stock
30
June 2016
43,196
30
June 2017
44,087
30
June 2018
43,863
30
June 2019
43,615
30
June 2020
42,932
31
May 2021
42,715
(2) Records of
community housing vacancies are not kept by the Department of Communities, as
they are managed by the community housing organisations that lease them. There
is some further information that again is in
tabular form across the years 2016 to 2021, so I seek leave to have that
information incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
As
at date:
Public
Housing Vacancies
Returning
Not-Returning
30
June 2016
1,041
557
30
June 2017
1,402
580
30
June 2018
905
872
30
June 2019
1,040
905
30
June 2020
797
647
31
May 2021
1,014
540
Properties can become vacant for a number
of reasons. Of the 1 554 properties vacant as at 31 May 2021, just over 1 000
of these properties are undergoing maintenance repairs and will be returning to
public housing stock once complete.
some notice of the question.
(1) The
Department of Communities provides standard reporting by financial year. The
rest of that answer across the years 2016 to 2021 is in tabular form, so I seek
leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
As
at date:
Total
Social Housing Stock
30
June 2016
43,196
30
June 2017
44,087
30
June 2018
43,863
30
June 2019
43,615
30
June 2020
42,932
31
May 2021
42,715
(2) Records of
community housing vacancies are not kept by the Department of Communities, as
they are managed by the community housing organisations that lease them. There
is some further information that again is in
tabular form across the years 2016 to 2021, so I seek leave to have that
information incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
As
at date:
Public
Housing Vacancies
Returning
Not-Returning
30
June 2016
1,041
557
30
June 2017
1,402
580
30
June 2018
905
872
30
June 2019
1,040
905
30
June 2020
797
647
31
May 2021
1,014
540
Properties can become vacant for a number
of reasons. Of the 1 554 properties vacant as at 31 May 2021, just over 1 000
of these properties are undergoing maintenance repairs and will be returning to
public housing stock once complete.
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