❓ Ms Giddens asks about innovative housing delivery and progress on delivering 4000 social homes. The Minister details various initiatives, including modular homes, red tape reduction, infrastructure funding, and partnerships, reporting 2014 homes delivered.
AnsweredQoN 182Legislative Assembly
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HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS — INITIATIVES
182. Ms K.E. GIDDENS to the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
record $2.6 billion investment in housing and homelessness initiatives.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this government is leveraging new innovative
delivery methods to accelerate the delivery of new housing?
(2) Can the
minister update the house on the progress of this government's
commitment to deliver 4 000 additional social homes?
182. Ms K.E. GIDDENS to the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the Cook Labor government's
record $2.6 billion investment in housing and homelessness initiatives.
(1) Can the
minister outline to the house how this government is leveraging new innovative
delivery methods to accelerate the delivery of new housing?
(2) Can the
minister update the house on the progress of this government's
commitment to deliver 4 000 additional social homes?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
want to thank the member for her question. Today I was out in Spearwood with
Summit Homes Group. We were visiting the
delivery of four tiny homes—very high-quality homes; one bedroom, one
bathroom— that will provide secure housing for seniors. These
were built offsite. They took 12 weeks to build. It demonstrates one of the
ways that we are accelerating the delivery of social housing in Western Australia.
There has been a lot of interest. Our reforms to cut red tape for granny flats
will mean that this type of product is simply not just eligible for social
housing, but will be embraced by Western Australians.
Of course, as the member said, it is
part of our record investment—$2.6 billion over four years to deliver 4 000 homes. I am pleased to report to Parliament
that we reached an important milestone today. We have now delivered 2 014
social homes for Western Australians since our record investment. We have done
that through a huge number of reforms. As I have said, we have created
alternative delivery programs like modular, prefab, timber and spot purchasing.
We have established statewide builders panels to pre-approve builders for work.
We have created an $80 million infrastructure development fund to support the
cost of headworks and connections. We are unlocking lazy government land for
community housing providers. We have provided around $200 million for ongoing
grants to the community housing sector and we are working on major renewal
projects like North Beach, Subi East and Smith Street, which the previous
government failed to do. We launched
the unique supportive landlord model, which has already delivered 87 homes to
assist 122 people sleeping rough to get off the street. We have passed
nation-leading planning reforms. We are boosting homelessness services and
funding 130 across Western Australia. We have introduced tax incentives for
apartments and build-to-rent, including up-front 100 per cent stamp duty
concessions for apartments, and we are regulating stronger short-term rental
and incentivising more Airbnb back to the market.
I think I need a cigarette after
that, and I do not smoke! That was a joke.
The point I am making is this: people
are seeing our government taking unprecedented effort to boost housing supply,
and it has been reflected in the results. There has been a 34 per cent increase
in the last financial year in the number of people on the public housing
waiting list being housed. On average, about 125 homes each month are being
added or returned to the public housing system. So people are seeing that our
record investment is delivering a clear boost to social housing in Western Australia.
want to thank the member for her question. Today I was out in Spearwood with
Summit Homes Group. We were visiting the
delivery of four tiny homes—very high-quality homes; one bedroom, one
bathroom— that will provide secure housing for seniors. These
were built offsite. They took 12 weeks to build. It demonstrates one of the
ways that we are accelerating the delivery of social housing in Western Australia.
There has been a lot of interest. Our reforms to cut red tape for granny flats
will mean that this type of product is simply not just eligible for social
housing, but will be embraced by Western Australians.
Of course, as the member said, it is
part of our record investment—$2.6 billion over four years to deliver 4 000 homes. I am pleased to report to Parliament
that we reached an important milestone today. We have now delivered 2 014
social homes for Western Australians since our record investment. We have done
that through a huge number of reforms. As I have said, we have created
alternative delivery programs like modular, prefab, timber and spot purchasing.
We have established statewide builders panels to pre-approve builders for work.
We have created an $80 million infrastructure development fund to support the
cost of headworks and connections. We are unlocking lazy government land for
community housing providers. We have provided around $200 million for ongoing
grants to the community housing sector and we are working on major renewal
projects like North Beach, Subi East and Smith Street, which the previous
government failed to do. We launched
the unique supportive landlord model, which has already delivered 87 homes to
assist 122 people sleeping rough to get off the street. We have passed
nation-leading planning reforms. We are boosting homelessness services and
funding 130 across Western Australia. We have introduced tax incentives for
apartments and build-to-rent, including up-front 100 per cent stamp duty
concessions for apartments, and we are regulating stronger short-term rental
and incentivising more Airbnb back to the market.
I think I need a cigarette after
that, and I do not smoke! That was a joke.
The point I am making is this: people
are seeing our government taking unprecedented effort to boost housing supply,
and it has been reflected in the results. There has been a 34 per cent increase
in the last financial year in the number of people on the public housing
waiting list being housed. On average, about 125 homes each month are being
added or returned to the public housing system. So people are seeing that our
record investment is delivering a clear boost to social housing in Western Australia.
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