❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding Government Regional Officers’ Housing (GROH) data for the past five years, covering stock numbers, rentals, sales, and disposals across different regions. The answer includes detailed tables and context on a subsequent recovery package.
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I refer to Government Regional Officers’ Housing (GROH) for each of the past five years, and I ask: (a) how many GROH houses were there, in each region; (b) how many GROH houses were rented (or available to rent), in each region; (c) how many GROH houses were sold, in each region; and (d) how many GROH houses ceased to be used as rentals, in each region?
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Answered
16 June 2020
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
15 days
(a)
GROH Stock by Region
Region
Number of GROH Properties
2015/16 FY
2016/17 FY
2017/18 FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20
(YTD)
North Metro
0
0
0
1
1
South Metro
9
7
7
30
30
South East Metro
15
8
8
8
2
Great Southern
274
264
256
257
226
Southwest
243
219
214
197
188
Goldfields
837
814
821
808
789
Midwest/Gascoyne
687
646
605
586
542
Pilbara
1507
1458
1369
1352
1324
West Kimberley
916
892
883
868
851
Wheatbelt
590
568
544
510
565
East Kimberley
438
418
416
424
425
Grand Total
5516
5294
5123
5041
4943
The above data includes all properties managed by the GROH program. This includes those that are Department of Communities (Communities) owned and those that are leased from the private market, on behalf of Government Agencies.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 14/04/2020.
(b)
GROH Stock (rented or available to rent) by region
Region
Number of GROH Properties Rented or Available to Rent
2015/16 FY
2016/17 FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20
(YTD)
North Metro
0
0
0
1
1
South Metro
9
7
7
30
30
South East Metro
10
5
2
2
2
Great Southern
266
258
253
251
225
Southwest
232
209
210
190
186
Goldfields
805
791
795
790
777
Midwest / Gascoyne
667
628
578
563
525
Pilbara
1420
1368
1282
1296
1299
West Kimberley
906
883
857
848
832
Wheatbelt
560
547
515
489
547
East Kimberley
403
407
403
409
416
Grand Total
5278
5103
4902
4869
4840
The table above includes all properties in the GROH portfolio which were tenanted or recorded as between tenancies. This includes those that are Communities owned and those that are leased from the private market.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 14/04/2020.
(c)
GROH Property Sales by Region
Region
Properties Sold by the GROH Program
2015/16
FY
2016/17
FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20 (YTD)
Grand Total
North Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South Metro
0
0
0
1
0
1
South East Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
Great Southern
13
11
8
3
4
39
Southwest
16
13
8
1
2
40
Goldfields
10
18
11
11
6
56
Midwest/Gascoyne
23
16
16
8
7
70
Pilbara
32
79
100
40
29
280
West Kimberley
5
3
11
6
6
31
Wheatbelt
44
29
15
9
2
99
East Kimberley
9
7
1
0
2
19
State-Wide Total
152
176
170
79
58
635
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 13/04/2020.
(d)
GROH Property Disposals (other than by sale) by region
Region
Properties Removed from GROH service
2015/16
FY
2016/17
FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20 (YTD)
Grand Total
North Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South East Metro
2
7
0
0
6
15
Great Southern
1
0
0
0
1
2
Southwest
2
0
0
0
2
4
Goldfields
0
2
0
0
1
3
Midwest /Gascoyne
0
0
0
0
1
1
Pilbara
4
0
1
3
0
8
West Kimberley
0
3
0
1
2
6
Wheatbelt
2
0
1
0
3
6
East Kimberley
0
1
5
3
4
13
State Wide Total
11
13
7
7
20
58
The table above shows all GROH owned properties that were removed from service in the GROH program each year excluding those properties that were for sale or sold.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 13/04/2020.
The McGowan State Government’s Social Housing Economic Recovery Package announced in June 2020, is the largest housing maintenance and refurbishment program in our State’s history. This $318.7 million stimulus package will see the refurbishment of 1,500 public and community houses, supported accommodation facilities such as family and domestic violence refuges, and residential group homes. It also includes a rolling maintenance program targeting 3,800 regional government-owned properties, and the delivery of about 250 new homes to help the most vulnerable people in our community.
GROH Stock by Region
Region
Number of GROH Properties
2015/16 FY
2016/17 FY
2017/18 FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20
(YTD)
North Metro
0
0
0
1
1
South Metro
9
7
7
30
30
South East Metro
15
8
8
8
2
Great Southern
274
264
256
257
226
Southwest
243
219
214
197
188
Goldfields
837
814
821
808
789
Midwest/Gascoyne
687
646
605
586
542
Pilbara
1507
1458
1369
1352
1324
West Kimberley
916
892
883
868
851
Wheatbelt
590
568
544
510
565
East Kimberley
438
418
416
424
425
Grand Total
5516
5294
5123
5041
4943
The above data includes all properties managed by the GROH program. This includes those that are Department of Communities (Communities) owned and those that are leased from the private market, on behalf of Government Agencies.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 14/04/2020.
(b)
GROH Stock (rented or available to rent) by region
Region
Number of GROH Properties Rented or Available to Rent
2015/16 FY
2016/17 FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20
(YTD)
North Metro
0
0
0
1
1
South Metro
9
7
7
30
30
South East Metro
10
5
2
2
2
Great Southern
266
258
253
251
225
Southwest
232
209
210
190
186
Goldfields
805
791
795
790
777
Midwest / Gascoyne
667
628
578
563
525
Pilbara
1420
1368
1282
1296
1299
West Kimberley
906
883
857
848
832
Wheatbelt
560
547
515
489
547
East Kimberley
403
407
403
409
416
Grand Total
5278
5103
4902
4869
4840
The table above includes all properties in the GROH portfolio which were tenanted or recorded as between tenancies. This includes those that are Communities owned and those that are leased from the private market.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 14/04/2020.
(c)
GROH Property Sales by Region
Region
Properties Sold by the GROH Program
2015/16
FY
2016/17
FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20 (YTD)
Grand Total
North Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South Metro
0
0
0
1
0
1
South East Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
Great Southern
13
11
8
3
4
39
Southwest
16
13
8
1
2
40
Goldfields
10
18
11
11
6
56
Midwest/Gascoyne
23
16
16
8
7
70
Pilbara
32
79
100
40
29
280
West Kimberley
5
3
11
6
6
31
Wheatbelt
44
29
15
9
2
99
East Kimberley
9
7
1
0
2
19
State-Wide Total
152
176
170
79
58
635
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 13/04/2020.
(d)
GROH Property Disposals (other than by sale) by region
Region
Properties Removed from GROH service
2015/16
FY
2016/17
FY
2017/18
FY
2018/19
FY
2019/20 (YTD)
Grand Total
North Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South Metro
0
0
0
0
0
0
South East Metro
2
7
0
0
6
15
Great Southern
1
0
0
0
1
2
Southwest
2
0
0
0
2
4
Goldfields
0
2
0
0
1
3
Midwest /Gascoyne
0
0
0
0
1
1
Pilbara
4
0
1
3
0
8
West Kimberley
0
3
0
1
2
6
Wheatbelt
2
0
1
0
3
6
East Kimberley
0
1
5
3
4
13
State Wide Total
11
13
7
7
20
58
The table above shows all GROH owned properties that were removed from service in the GROH program each year excluding those properties that were for sale or sold.
Data for 2019/20 YTD was taken as at 13/04/2020.
The McGowan State Government’s Social Housing Economic Recovery Package announced in June 2020, is the largest housing maintenance and refurbishment program in our State’s history. This $318.7 million stimulus package will see the refurbishment of 1,500 public and community houses, supported accommodation facilities such as family and domestic violence refuges, and residential group homes. It also includes a rolling maintenance program targeting 3,800 regional government-owned properties, and the delivery of about 250 new homes to help the most vulnerable people in our community.
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