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❓ Mr. Redman questions the Minister for Housing regarding contracted housing maintenance services in remote communities, seeking details on the number of houses, service call outcomes, contract terms, review history, and contract values. The Minister provides some information and tables the rest.

AnsweredQoN 5613Legislative Assembly

Asked

15 October 2019

Member

Mr D.T. Redman

Portfolio

Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth; Asian Engagement

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I refer to contracted services for housing maintenance in remote communities, and ask: (a) Can the Minister outline the number of houses in each of the remote communities that are under housing management agreements, and the number of houses where the state government has a responsibility for housing maintenance, albeit via a contracted service provider; (b) Of the service call outs by the contracted service provider in each of the last 5 years, will the Minister provide the breakdown of services completed, services not completed, and ‘travel only declarations’ for each of the Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields regions; (c) What is the term of the contract for housing maintenance services in each of the Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields regions; (d) When was the last time the Department of Housing reviewed (internal or otherwise) the provision of these services: (i) Will the minister table this review; and (e) What is the total annual value of these contracted housing maintenance services for each of the last 5 years?

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Answered

26 November 2019

Responded by

Minister for Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth; Asian Engagement

Response time

12 days

(a) [See tabled paper No. ] (b) [See tabled paper No. ] (c) The Head Maintenance Contracts for all four Head Contractors is from November 2014 to 30 June 2025. (d)- (i) The Department of Communities has not formally reviewed the delivery of maintenance services to remote communities. However, it continues to monitor the appropriateness of the model in the context of overall Government service delivery to these communities. (e) [See tabled paper No. ]

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