❓ Mr. Bolt questions the Minister for Housing and Works about a proposed social housing complex in Inglewood, specifically regarding its nature and target demographic. The Minister avoids direct answers, instead accusing the opposition of opposing social housing initiatives.
AnsweredQoN 120Legislative Assembly
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Social housing—Inglewood
120. Mr David Bolt to the Minister for Housing and Works:
Residents
are rightly concerned about whether they are going to experience a repeat of
what has happened in Inglewood from a new 50-unit public housing complex nearby,
on Beaufort Street.
(1) Will this complex be 100% social housing?
(2) Can the minister confirm that the complex will
be for tenants aged over 55 years?
(3) If yes to (2), will the minister give his assurance
to residents that this decision will not change in the future?
120. Mr David Bolt to the Minister for Housing and Works:
Residents
are rightly concerned about whether they are going to experience a repeat of
what has happened in Inglewood from a new 50-unit public housing complex nearby,
on Beaufort Street.
(1) Will this complex be 100% social housing?
(2) Can the minister confirm that the complex will
be for tenants aged over 55 years?
(3) If yes to (2), will the minister give his assurance
to residents that this decision will not change in the future?
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(1)–(3) To be very clear, that proposed
project is part of our $5.1 billion program for boosting social housing and
affordable housing and addressing homelessness. What I am starting to hear now
from opposition members very clearly is that they do not support that. They do
not support new housing projects for ageing populations and for our most
vulnerable. That is very clear, and I think it is becoming quite explicit right
now. I am not surprised that the member has taken that path because we have
seen it for the last eight years. We have seen it for the last eight years from
this opposition, which had no social housing policy other than to say, "We're
doing what they're doing." I remember that the opposition's policy at the
last election was, "We're doing what they're doing." I want to be
very clear on that. That was the opposition's policy position. This is a
project that is important. It is part of all our social housing. It will be run
by a community housing provider and it will provide critical housing for
Western Australians.
project is part of our $5.1 billion program for boosting social housing and
affordable housing and addressing homelessness. What I am starting to hear now
from opposition members very clearly is that they do not support that. They do
not support new housing projects for ageing populations and for our most
vulnerable. That is very clear, and I think it is becoming quite explicit right
now. I am not surprised that the member has taken that path because we have
seen it for the last eight years. We have seen it for the last eight years from
this opposition, which had no social housing policy other than to say, "We're
doing what they're doing." I remember that the opposition's policy at the
last election was, "We're doing what they're doing." I want to be
very clear on that. That was the opposition's policy position. This is a
project that is important. It is part of all our social housing. It will be run
by a community housing provider and it will provide critical housing for
Western Australians.
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