❓ Dr. Brad Pettitt questions the Minister for Housing regarding public housing waitlist statistics, including applicant numbers, disability support recipients, and wait times. The Minister provides some data but declines to provide specific details on disability support recipients and longest wait times, citing data limitations and suggesting a further question on notice.
AnsweredQoN 798Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOUSING —
WAITLIST
798. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the wait-turn and
priority public housing waitlist.
(1) How many applicants and
individuals were on each list at the end of June and July 2023, respectively?
(2) How many in (1) receive the
disability support payment?
(3) On what date
did the applicant who has been waiting the longest on each waitlist initially
join the waitlist?
(4) Will the
minister commit to recommencing publication of a public housing dashboard of
key public housing statistics like these on a monthly basis, without the need
for non-government MPs like me to ask questions like these in question time?
The PRESIDENT :
I did not quite hear the end of that question.
WAITLIST
798. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the wait-turn and
priority public housing waitlist.
(1) How many applicants and
individuals were on each list at the end of June and July 2023, respectively?
(2) How many in (1) receive the
disability support payment?
(3) On what date
did the applicant who has been waiting the longest on each waitlist initially
join the waitlist?
(4) Will the
minister commit to recommencing publication of a public housing dashboard of
key public housing statistics like these on a monthly basis, without the need
for non-government MPs like me to ask questions like these in question time?
The PRESIDENT :
I did not quite hear the end of that question.
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following response has been provided by the
Minister for Housing.
(1) As at 30 June
2023, there were 19 062 applications on the public housing waitlist statewide,
representing 33 986 people. This includes 4 770
priority applications, representing 9 423 people. As at 31 July 2023, the public waitlist fell to 18 984 applications
statewide, representing 33 943 people. This includes 4 768 priority applications, representing 9 447 people.
(2) As advised in
the response to Legislative Council question without notice 632, data recorded
on applications containing a disability support payment is unable to be
provided to this level of specificity as not all people on an application may
be in receipt of a disability support payment and data is recorded on a tenancy
level.
(3) The data is
unable to be provided within the period specified. The member may wish to put
this question on notice.
(4) As the member
has previously been advised, waitlist data is regularly made publicly
available.
some notice of the question. The following response has been provided by the
Minister for Housing.
(1) As at 30 June
2023, there were 19 062 applications on the public housing waitlist statewide,
representing 33 986 people. This includes 4 770
priority applications, representing 9 423 people. As at 31 July 2023, the public waitlist fell to 18 984 applications
statewide, representing 33 943 people. This includes 4 768 priority applications, representing 9 447 people.
(2) As advised in
the response to Legislative Council question without notice 632, data recorded
on applications containing a disability support payment is unable to be
provided to this level of specificity as not all people on an application may
be in receipt of a disability support payment and data is recorded on a tenancy
level.
(3) The data is
unable to be provided within the period specified. The member may wish to put
this question on notice.
(4) As the member
has previously been advised, waitlist data is regularly made publicly
available.
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