❓ Hon Steve Martin asks about the average time taken to complete void maintenance on public housing in WA for two financial quarters. The Minister provides data excluding properties slated for demolition/redevelopment, citing varying work scopes.
AnsweredQoN 417Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SOCIAL HOUSING — HEAD MAINTENANCE CONTRACT
417. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to public housing head
maintenance contracts.
(1) For the
following financial quarters in year nine, what was the average time taken in
days to complete void maintenance activity for each of the Western Australian
contract areas in —
(a) 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022;
and
(b) 1 October 2022 to 31 December
2022?
(2) Do these
figures include every vacant public housing property, including those zoned for
demolition or redevelopment?
The PRESIDENT : There seems
to be an awful lot of data being sought there, but I will see whether the
minister is able to provide an answer.
417. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to public housing head
maintenance contracts.
(1) For the
following financial quarters in year nine, what was the average time taken in
days to complete void maintenance activity for each of the Western Australian
contract areas in —
(a) 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022;
and
(b) 1 October 2022 to 31 December
2022?
(2) Do these
figures include every vacant public housing property, including those zoned for
demolition or redevelopment?
The PRESIDENT : There seems
to be an awful lot of data being sought there, but I will see whether the
minister is able to provide an answer.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following response has been provided by the Minister for
Housing.
(1)–(2) Void
properties include categories of properties that are not considered for
maintenance. This includes properties that
are scheduled for demolition, redevelopment or being further assessed for
either consideration . Therefore, it
is not possible to provide an average time to complete maintenance activity for
these properties . For properties that are returning to service, the time
required to refurbish and re-let a property can be impacted by the scope of works required, which may be significant. Where
maintenance is undertaken to return a property to service, it is done so
that they can be re-let in clean, safe and working order. The remainder of the
answer is in tabular form so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
�
Average
Time Taken (Days)
Region
2022-23
Q1
2022-23
Q2
East
Kimberley
58
46
East
Metro
18.5
21.5
Goldfields
11.8
13.9
Great
Southern
14.6
17.3
Midwest/Gascoyne
24.9
43.4
North
Metro
24.4
29.1
Pilbara
33
32.8
South
Metro
28.5
35.2
Southwest
28.3
37.7
West
Kimberley
30.5
25.5
Wheatbelt
19.8
13.6
of the question. The following response has been provided by the Minister for
Housing.
(1)–(2) Void
properties include categories of properties that are not considered for
maintenance. This includes properties that
are scheduled for demolition, redevelopment or being further assessed for
either consideration . Therefore, it
is not possible to provide an average time to complete maintenance activity for
these properties . For properties that are returning to service, the time
required to refurbish and re-let a property can be impacted by the scope of works required, which may be significant. Where
maintenance is undertaken to return a property to service, it is done so
that they can be re-let in clean, safe and working order. The remainder of the
answer is in tabular form so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
�
Average
Time Taken (Days)
Region
2022-23
Q1
2022-23
Q2
East
Kimberley
58
46
East
Metro
18.5
21.5
Goldfields
11.8
13.9
Great
Southern
14.6
17.3
Midwest/Gascoyne
24.9
43.4
North
Metro
24.4
29.1
Pilbara
33
32.8
South
Metro
28.5
35.2
Southwest
28.3
37.7
West
Kimberley
30.5
25.5
Wheatbelt
19.8
13.6
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