❓ Mr. Rundle questions the Minister for Housing about the lack of GROH properties for teachers, while the Minister defends the government's investment and blames the opposition for past sales of GROH homes.
AnsweredQoN 440Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
GOVERNMENT REGIONAL OFFICERS' HOUSING
440. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Housing:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the minister stop the blame game? The
Labor Party has been in government for five years now. Will the minister
undertake to immediately refurbish and maintain any GROH properties in the
regions that are currently out of use, specifically for the 88 teachers who are
without homes?
440. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Minister for Housing:
I
have a supplementary question. When will the minister stop the blame game? The
Labor Party has been in government for five years now. Will the minister
undertake to immediately refurbish and maintain any GROH properties in the
regions that are currently out of use, specifically for the 88 teachers who are
without homes?
AnswerView source ↗
I have been advised that we spend
about $100 million on GROH each year, and we spend about $200 million on
regional housing. We are making an investment of nearly $1 billion in social
and affordable homes. But again, it is as if the opposition has come out of
nowhere. The sale of GROH homes was the direct responsibility of the poor financial mismanagement of the Leader of the
Opposition and her government. She sat around the cabinet table and endorsed a project, a strategy, to aggressively
sell GROH homes. That cannot be denied. In any one financial year, in her own belt, in her own hood, she endorsed a strategy that in the first year
sold 44 Government Regional Officers' Housing homes. That is her legacy
that she can wear proudly across regional Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! All
members, including members of government.
Mr J.N. CAREY : I tell you:
the shouting and yelling by the Leader of the Opposition is unbelievable.
The SPEAKER : And your
colleagues, minister.
Mr J.N. CAREY : The fact is
that there are 5 040 GROH properties at the moment. In the last financial year,
there has been a 2.6 per cent increase, or
129 additional properties, in the GROH system. As the minister, I am looking at other ways of how we can accelerate the
number of GROH homes, looking at how we can work with local governments and looking at eligibility requirements, for example, when teachers or police
are going into the houses, and the particular houses that they need. We are
looking at Government Regional Officers' Housing. We understand that we
have a booming economy, and I would rather be in this scenario than any other
alternative. We are in a strong, booming economy and these are some of the
pressures, but this government is working on the issues.
about $100 million on GROH each year, and we spend about $200 million on
regional housing. We are making an investment of nearly $1 billion in social
and affordable homes. But again, it is as if the opposition has come out of
nowhere. The sale of GROH homes was the direct responsibility of the poor financial mismanagement of the Leader of the
Opposition and her government. She sat around the cabinet table and endorsed a project, a strategy, to aggressively
sell GROH homes. That cannot be denied. In any one financial year, in her own belt, in her own hood, she endorsed a strategy that in the first year
sold 44 Government Regional Officers' Housing homes. That is her legacy
that she can wear proudly across regional Western Australia.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members! All
members, including members of government.
Mr J.N. CAREY : I tell you:
the shouting and yelling by the Leader of the Opposition is unbelievable.
The SPEAKER : And your
colleagues, minister.
Mr J.N. CAREY : The fact is
that there are 5 040 GROH properties at the moment. In the last financial year,
there has been a 2.6 per cent increase, or
129 additional properties, in the GROH system. As the minister, I am looking at other ways of how we can accelerate the
number of GROH homes, looking at how we can work with local governments and looking at eligibility requirements, for example, when teachers or police
are going into the houses, and the particular houses that they need. We are
looking at Government Regional Officers' Housing. We understand that we
have a booming economy, and I would rather be in this scenario than any other
alternative. We are in a strong, booming economy and these are some of the
pressures, but this government is working on the issues.
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