Mr. Krsticevic asks about the number and vacancy status of social housing properties in five specific suburbs, and the reasons for vacancies exceeding three months. The Minister provides data on public and community housing stock and vacancies, citing maintenance and redevelopment as reasons for long-term vacancies.

AnsweredQoN 6399Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2020
Portfolio
Housing

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I refer to social housing owned/managed by the Department of Communities, and ask: (a) how many social housing properties are located in each of the following suburbs: Hamersley, Warwick, Greenwood, Kingsley and Woodvale; and (b) how many social housing properties are vacant in each of the following suburbs: Hamersley, Warwick, Greenwood, Kingsley and Woodvale: (i) of those vacant properties, how many have been vacant for more than three months (in each suburb); and (ii) for those properties that have been vacant for longer than three months, please list the reason/s for the vacancy?

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Answered
13 October 2020
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
8 days
(a)  As at 31 August 2020:
Suburb
Public Housing
Community Housing
Total Stock
Hamersley
5
0
5
Warwick
3
1
4
Greenwood
42
4
46
Kingsley
34
0
34
Woodvale
0
1
1
(b)  As at 31 August 2020:
Suburb
Public Housing
Hamersley
0
Warwick
0
Greenwood
2
Kingsley
0
Woodvale
0
Records of community housing vacancies are not kept by the Department of Communities. Community housing properties owned by the Department of Communities are managed by the community housing organisations they are leased to.
(i) Two.
(ii) Properties can become vacant for several reasons. Of the above, one property is undergoing maintenance repairs and will be relet once repairs are completed and the other has been identified for future redevelopment/sale/demolition.

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