❓ A parliamentary exchange regarding social housing in Western Australia, with the current government highlighting its achievements and criticizing the previous Labor government's record.
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SOCIAL HOUSING
I am proud to be part of a government committed to increasing the levels of social housing available to — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION
I am proud to be part of a government committed to increasing the levels of social housing available to — Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION
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I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Member for Mandurah, I am formally going to call you to order for the first time today. Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr T.G. Stephens interjected. The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : While I am on my feet, member for Pilbara, I also call you formally to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : — committed to increasing the levels of social housing to those Western Australians who need it the most. Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing — Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr P.B. Watson : I thought you were a Christian man. The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Members, it is my intention to try to get through a few questions today; I hope it is yours as well. Member for Albany, I am formally calling you to order for the first time today. Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr A.P. JACOB : Can the minister please outline what he is doing to address the social housing crisis left to us by the former government? Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION replied: I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I am extremely happy to be asked this question — Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : — by the member for Ocean Reef as it gives me the opportunity to inform the house of the incredible job that this government is doing for social housing. It gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, this state government — Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : As I said, it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, by the end of this year, the state government will have built 1 000 homes for the people of Western Australia—1 000 homes! I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I will give the house a bit of factual history. At the end of the 2000–01 financial year, the total number of Homeswest houses and units was 35 111. By the end of 2007–08, the last financial year of the previous Labor government, that had grown to 35 473. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : That was an increase of only 362 homes. I am pleased to announce that this year we will easily deliver more than that; we will deliver about 1 000 houses this year, as opposed to 362. This government not only delivered 75 new remote Indigenous houses on time this year and, of course, exceeded the target, but also will build 1 000 new houses by Christmas this year. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Leader of the Opposition! Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Why do we need to build 1 000 homes? Why did we inherit a legacy of a large public housing waiting list? Because not only did the former Labor government build only 51 homes a year for Western Australian people, but also under its watch private rent prices went through the roof and home and unit prices doubled while it was in power. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
The SPEAKER : Thank you, members! Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : This led to thousands more people being in need of social housing, and nowhere near enough homes had been built. This is why people in this state are struggling with housing issues and why we are seeing people like the member for Rockingham playing up to the TV cameras about people without houses. Instead of getting on and doing the job like this government is doing, the previous government did not build anywhere near the number of homes that we are building. I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I point out that this government will build one and two-bedroom homes, which will tackle the main area of need on the waiting list; we are talking about high-density apartments and grouped housing. There is a dire need for this type of housing well located around transport nodes and near public facilities. This government is not only building more but also being smart about what it builds. As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
As minister, I am very concerned about the social toll on children when their parents do not have a dignified and safe place to live. That is why I am committed to not only delivering more homes in the social housing sector, but also ensuring that there is a pathway to affordable housing for Western Australians. Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr E.S. Ripper : There are 1 000 more people on the waiting list! Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
Mr W.R. MARMION : Listen to this: I will deliver more than 20 000 new homes in the next 10 years—that is, 20 000 by 2020 through a range of different methods, including social housing, the community housing sector, support for private rental initiatives, new funding vehicles, regional housing for key workers, Indigenous housing, Keystart and shared equity loans and other government-backed housing incentives. It will be announced in more detail next month in the state housing and affordable housing strategy, which I will review and intend to release very shortly. I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
I hope that members opposite take note of the facts and figures that I have given the house today. This government is delivering; it is quietly going along with the job of building houses and reducing the waiting list, which is far more than the previous government did when it was in power.
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