WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of vacant Housing Authority units in the Cannington electorate and the South East Metropolitan region. The Housing Authority provides figures for the Southern Districts zone and the South East Metropolitan region as of 31 July 2016.

AnsweredQoN 5763Legislative Assembly
Asked
16 August 2016
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I refer to Housing Authority Housing Units and ask: (a) how many Housing Authority housing units are currently vacant in the State Electorate of Cannington; and (b) how many Housing Authority housing units are currently vacant in the South East Metropolitan region?

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Answered
20 September 2016
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
35 days
The Housing Authority advises:
The Electorate of Cannington includes Cannington, East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, Ferndale and parts of Thornlie.
For tenancy management purposes, the Housing Authority divides the metropolitan area into twelve ‘zones’. The majority of the suburbs within the Electorate of Cannington fall within the Housing Authority’s Southern Districts zone, which is made up of Beckenham, Cannington, East Cannington, Forrestfield, High Wycombe, Kalamunda, Kenwick, Langford, Maida Vale, Queens Park and Thornlie.
As at 31 July 2016:
(a) Of the 1,168 public housing properties in the Southern Districts zone, 37 are vacant; and
(b) of the 6,980 public housing properties in the South East Metropolitan region, 329 are vacant.

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