Hon Steve Martin asks the Minister for Housing about the number of applications and people on the public housing waitlist and priority waitlist as of the end of April 2023. The Minister provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 467Legislative Council
Asked
10 May 2023
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Housing

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PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITLIST
467. Hon STEVE MARTIN to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the public housing
waitlist as at the end of April.
(1) How many applications are on the waitlist, and how
many of those applications are on the priority waitlist?
(2) How many people are covered by
the waitlist and priority waitlist?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question. I answer on behalf of the minister representing
the Minister for Housing.
(1)–(2) As
at 30 April 2023, 19 195 applications were on the public housing waitlist,
representing 34 201 people. This included 4 671 priority applications,
representing 9 261 people.

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