❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks a breakdown of Housing Authority-owned properties by age. The answer provides a detailed table and clarifies exclusions, also highlighting a significant upcoming investment in social housing.
AnsweredQoN 6056Legislative Assembly
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How many properties owned by the Housing Authority are: (a) Less than five years old; (b) Between five and ten years old; (c) Between ten and twenty years old; (d) Between twenty and thirty years old; and (e) More than 35 years old?
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Answered
16 June 2020
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
17 days
(a) – (e)
Properties owned by the Housing Authority as at 31 December 2019
Property Age (Years)
Community Housing Properties
Public Housing Properties
Government Regional Officer Housing Properties
Non-Government Organisation Properties
Total
< 5
182
997
94
42
1315
5-10
534
2759
839
387
4519
10-20
872
8284
537
3
9696
20-35
601
14036
743
6
15386
35 <
285
9769
508
10
10572
Unknown
52
2
0
0
54
Total
2526
35847
2721
448
41542
Please note that in the case of (d), I have taken the liberty of including properties aged between twenty and thirty-five years to cover the full range of property ages queried by the Member.
Aboriginal Housing properties are not counted in the above table as the Department of Communities does not own them. The properties that Communities manages are done so on behalf of remote communities via Housing Management Agreements or similar arrangements.
Leased Community Housing properties and leased Government Regional Officer Housing properties are not counted in this data.
The McGowan State Government’s Social Housing Economic Recovery Package announced in June 2020, is the largest housing maintenance and refurbishment program in our State’s history. This $318.7 million stimulus package will see the refurbishment of 1,500 public and community houses, supported accommodation facilities such as family and domestic violence refuges, and residential group homes. It also includes a rolling maintenance program targeting 3,800 regional government-owned properties, and the delivery of about 250 new homes to help the most vulnerable people in our community.
Properties owned by the Housing Authority as at 31 December 2019
Property Age (Years)
Community Housing Properties
Public Housing Properties
Government Regional Officer Housing Properties
Non-Government Organisation Properties
Total
< 5
182
997
94
42
1315
5-10
534
2759
839
387
4519
10-20
872
8284
537
3
9696
20-35
601
14036
743
6
15386
35 <
285
9769
508
10
10572
Unknown
52
2
0
0
54
Total
2526
35847
2721
448
41542
Please note that in the case of (d), I have taken the liberty of including properties aged between twenty and thirty-five years to cover the full range of property ages queried by the Member.
Aboriginal Housing properties are not counted in the above table as the Department of Communities does not own them. The properties that Communities manages are done so on behalf of remote communities via Housing Management Agreements or similar arrangements.
Leased Community Housing properties and leased Government Regional Officer Housing properties are not counted in this data.
The McGowan State Government’s Social Housing Economic Recovery Package announced in June 2020, is the largest housing maintenance and refurbishment program in our State’s history. This $318.7 million stimulus package will see the refurbishment of 1,500 public and community houses, supported accommodation facilities such as family and domestic violence refuges, and residential group homes. It also includes a rolling maintenance program targeting 3,800 regional government-owned properties, and the delivery of about 250 new homes to help the most vulnerable people in our community.
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