❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Housing regarding outstanding maintenance job orders for public housing, particularly emergency repairs and prioritisation processes. The Minister provides data on overdue job orders and explains the prioritisation system.
AnsweredQoN 248Legislative Council
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PUBLIC
HOUSING — MAINTENANCE
248. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
(1) How many outstanding job orders are there for repair or
maintenance of public housing properties?
(2) How many
tenants are currently waiting for maintenance classified as emergency work to
protect their health, safety or security?
(3) How does a
job order move up the maintenance priority list?
(4) When can
public housing tenants expect all current emergency work to be completed?
HOUSING — MAINTENANCE
248. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
(1) How many outstanding job orders are there for repair or
maintenance of public housing properties?
(2) How many
tenants are currently waiting for maintenance classified as emergency work to
protect their health, safety or security?
(3) How does a
job order move up the maintenance priority list?
(4) When can
public housing tenants expect all current emergency work to be completed?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
The Department of Housing advises —
(1) The
department owns and carries out maintenance services to more than 40 000
properties across the state, issuing up to 20 000 job orders a month. A total
of 2 794 job orders are overdue as at 14 June 2013.
(2) There are 87
identified as overdue, of which 63 job orders have been completed and are
awaiting invoicing.
(3) Maintenance
is already categorised into emergency, priority and routine when works are
requested by the tenant.
(4) All emergency
job orders issued are attended to within a timely manner. Some works will be
made safe and remain active on the system until completion of works can be
undertaken.
question.
The Department of Housing advises —
(1) The
department owns and carries out maintenance services to more than 40 000
properties across the state, issuing up to 20 000 job orders a month. A total
of 2 794 job orders are overdue as at 14 June 2013.
(2) There are 87
identified as overdue, of which 63 job orders have been completed and are
awaiting invoicing.
(3) Maintenance
is already categorised into emergency, priority and routine when works are
requested by the tenant.
(4) All emergency
job orders issued are attended to within a timely manner. Some works will be
made safe and remain active on the system until completion of works can be
undertaken.
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