❓ Mr. Love asks about social housing details in regional WA. The Minister declines to provide specific property details due to resource constraints but offers general regional data and highlights government investment in social housing.
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I refer to the social housing in regional Western Australia, and I ask: (a) For each social housing property in the following shires please outline its age, number of bedrooms and its construction material: (i) Dowerin; (ii) Wongan Ballidu; (iii) Goomalling; (iv) Toodyay; (v) Gingin; (vi) Chittering; (vii) Victoria Plains; (viii) Moora; (ix) Dandaragan; (x) Dalwallinu; (xi) Perenjori; (xii) Coorow; (xiii) Carnamah; (xiv) Morawa; (xv) Mingenew; (xvi) Irwin; and (xvii) Chapman Valley; (b) For each social housing property in the following towns please outline its age, number of bedrooms and its construction material: (i) Northampton; and (ii) Mullewa; (c) Please provide details of any planned sales of these assets; and (d) Please provide details of any planned new social housing to be constructed or provided in the shires or towns (1) and (2)?
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Answered
15 February 2022
Responded by
Minister for Housing; Local Government
Response time
1 days
(a – b)
Providing a breakdown of the age, number of bedrooms and construction material for properties within the 19 listed shires and towns would take a significant amount of time and effort, and it would be unreasonable to divert agency resources away from core service delivery activities for this purpose. However, if the member has a more specific query, I will endeavour to provide the information.
Notwithstanding, social housing in the Wheatbelt and Midwest-Gascoyne Regions are constructed with various materials, not dissimilar to equivalent properties in the private market. This can include masonry or fibre-cement sheeting with cement tile or profiled steel roofing or steel/timber frames with profiled steel cladding and roofing.
Social Housing property size at a Regional level is detailed below, as at 30 November 2021:
Property Size
Wheatbelt Region
Midwest-Gascoyne Region
Public Housing
Community Housing
Public Housing
Community Housing
Singles 1
52
214
87
62
Singles 2
5
14
-
-
Seniors 1
60
25
188
75
Seniors 2
100
114
115
57
Family 2
174
37
247
21
Family 3
460
48
760
19
Family 4
138
3
217
13
Family 5
22
1
28
-
Family +6
5
-
4
1
Multi
-
1
-
2
Total
1,016
457
1,646
250
Total Social Housing
1,473
1,896
(c - d)
The McGowan Government is investing $2.1 billion into social housing over the next four years, which includes the recently announced record investment of $875 million as part of the 2021-22 State Budget. This is the single largest, one off investment into social housing in the State’s history and will provide an immediate boost to social housing.
Through this investment, we will deliver up to 3,300 new social housing properties and carry out refurbishment and maintenance work to many thousands more across Western Australia and in the Wheatbelt and Midwest-Gascoyne Regions.
Social housing may be sold or demolished for a number of reasons, including sales to tenants, urban and regional renewal to help revitalise communities or due to natural hazards, intentional or accidental damage, resulting in the property not being economically viable to repair.
Looking after Western Australia’s social housing stock is key to ensuring these properties stay in the system for longer. The McGowan Government is investing $12.8 million to conduct detailed building assessments on more than 10,000 ageing public housing and Government Regional Officer Housing assets. These assessments will be critical to ensuring these homes remain part of our state's social housing stock for many years to come.
The McGowan Government’s focus is on prioritising the immediate delivery of social housing across the State and I am looking at all options to accelerate and fast track housing delivery, including spot purchasing and alternative built form such as modular and timber construction.
Providing a breakdown of the age, number of bedrooms and construction material for properties within the 19 listed shires and towns would take a significant amount of time and effort, and it would be unreasonable to divert agency resources away from core service delivery activities for this purpose. However, if the member has a more specific query, I will endeavour to provide the information.
Notwithstanding, social housing in the Wheatbelt and Midwest-Gascoyne Regions are constructed with various materials, not dissimilar to equivalent properties in the private market. This can include masonry or fibre-cement sheeting with cement tile or profiled steel roofing or steel/timber frames with profiled steel cladding and roofing.
Social Housing property size at a Regional level is detailed below, as at 30 November 2021:
Property Size
Wheatbelt Region
Midwest-Gascoyne Region
Public Housing
Community Housing
Public Housing
Community Housing
Singles 1
52
214
87
62
Singles 2
5
14
-
-
Seniors 1
60
25
188
75
Seniors 2
100
114
115
57
Family 2
174
37
247
21
Family 3
460
48
760
19
Family 4
138
3
217
13
Family 5
22
1
28
-
Family +6
5
-
4
1
Multi
-
1
-
2
Total
1,016
457
1,646
250
Total Social Housing
1,473
1,896
(c - d)
The McGowan Government is investing $2.1 billion into social housing over the next four years, which includes the recently announced record investment of $875 million as part of the 2021-22 State Budget. This is the single largest, one off investment into social housing in the State’s history and will provide an immediate boost to social housing.
Through this investment, we will deliver up to 3,300 new social housing properties and carry out refurbishment and maintenance work to many thousands more across Western Australia and in the Wheatbelt and Midwest-Gascoyne Regions.
Social housing may be sold or demolished for a number of reasons, including sales to tenants, urban and regional renewal to help revitalise communities or due to natural hazards, intentional or accidental damage, resulting in the property not being economically viable to repair.
Looking after Western Australia’s social housing stock is key to ensuring these properties stay in the system for longer. The McGowan Government is investing $12.8 million to conduct detailed building assessments on more than 10,000 ageing public housing and Government Regional Officer Housing assets. These assessments will be critical to ensuring these homes remain part of our state's social housing stock for many years to come.
The McGowan Government’s focus is on prioritising the immediate delivery of social housing across the State and I am looking at all options to accelerate and fast track housing delivery, including spot purchasing and alternative built form such as modular and timber construction.
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