❓ Hon Colin Tincknell asks about the number of unoccupied public housing properties in the South West region, categorised by habitability and maintenance status. The Minister provides data on vacant properties and those undergoing standard and non-standard maintenance, but cannot report on properties deemed uninhabitable.
AnsweredQoN 2573Legislative Council
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Can the Minister please advise how many unoccupied houses located within the South West region are: (a) uninhabitable due to not meeting minimum health and safety standards; (b) undergoing non-standard maintenance work; and (c) undergoing maintenance for reletting?
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Answered
19 November 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
9 days
(a) The Department of Communities aims to ensure that tenants are living in properties that are safe, habitable and functional according to their needs.
The Department of Communities is unable to report on properties deemed to be uninhabitable due to not meeting minimum health and safety standards as it does not capture data on this criterion.
As of 31 August 2019, 114 Public Housing properties were vacant in the South West, including properties undergoing maintenance prior to being relet to an applicant on the Public Housing waitlist. (b) As at 31 August 2019, 29 properties in the South West region were undergoing non-standard vacated maintenance.
(c) As at 31 August 2019, 35 properties in the South West region were undergoing standard vacated maintenance.
The Department of Communities is unable to report on properties deemed to be uninhabitable due to not meeting minimum health and safety standards as it does not capture data on this criterion.
As of 31 August 2019, 114 Public Housing properties were vacant in the South West, including properties undergoing maintenance prior to being relet to an applicant on the Public Housing waitlist. (b) As at 31 August 2019, 29 properties in the South West region were undergoing non-standard vacated maintenance.
(c) As at 31 August 2019, 35 properties in the South West region were undergoing standard vacated maintenance.
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