❓ Question requests a breakdown of public housing spot purchases by region and financial year. The answer provides some data, but also includes commentary on government investment and past mismanagement, and limitations to spot purchasing in regional areas.
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I refer to the public housing spot purchase program, and I ask: (a) can the Minister please provide the number of homes spot purchased per region, for the following financial years: (i) 2017-18; (ii) 2018-19; (iii) 2019-20; (iv) 2020-21; (v) 2021-22; and (vi) 2022-23?
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Answered
27 February 2024
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
2 days
(a)
(i) – (vi)
The State Government is investing a record $2.6 billion in social housing and homelessness measures in WA, including delivery of around 4,000 social dwellings, and refurbishments and maintenance work to many thousands more.
Since our record investment, the State Government has added more than 1,900 social homes with a further 1,000 social homes currently under contract or construction.
The Cook Government has inherited ageing and inappropriate housing stock that had not been maintained, refurbished and was in poor condition, due to the mismanagement of the previous Liberal-National Government.
Spot purchasing is just one method the State Government is using accelerate social housing delivery, including through initiatives such modular, pre-fabricated, and timber frame builds and the Calls for Submissions process.
The Department of Communities is constantly assessing properties that may be suitable for spot purchase. Spot purchasing is not always possible in regional Western Australia, such as the Goldfields and the Wheatbelt, where there is a lack of suitable housing due to age of stock, or maintenance requirements such as dwellings built with asbestos.
Social Housing Spot Purchase 2011-12 to 2023-24*
Financial Year
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24*
Total
North Metro
111
53
16
8
3
83
6
16
4
1
111
138
51
601
South Metro
32
20
26
30
4
80
23
13
6
9
55
84
39
421
East Metro
27
38
14
15
6
68
-
-
-
-
42
72
37
1022
Great Southern
15
7
5
7
6
34
-
1
-
-
22
11
5
113
Southwest
29
10
14
5
10
27
1
3
1
1
24
34
17
176
Goldfields
4
1
-
-
-
7
1
-
-
-
2
3
-
18
Midwest/
Gascoyne
3
4
2
1
3
7
2
-
2
-
22
20
9
75
Pilbara
-
-
10
-
10
16
1
8
5
1
29
28
7
115
West Kimberley
5
-
2
-
15
10
1
3
1
-
8
6
1
52
Wheatbelt
4
6
8
3
4
6
1
4
1
2
4
12
2
57
East Kimberley
1
3
-
2
-
21
1
2
-
-
17
7
-
54
Total
231
142
97
71
61
359
37
50
20
14
336
415
168
2,001
* as at 30 November 2023
(i) – (vi)
The State Government is investing a record $2.6 billion in social housing and homelessness measures in WA, including delivery of around 4,000 social dwellings, and refurbishments and maintenance work to many thousands more.
Since our record investment, the State Government has added more than 1,900 social homes with a further 1,000 social homes currently under contract or construction.
The Cook Government has inherited ageing and inappropriate housing stock that had not been maintained, refurbished and was in poor condition, due to the mismanagement of the previous Liberal-National Government.
Spot purchasing is just one method the State Government is using accelerate social housing delivery, including through initiatives such modular, pre-fabricated, and timber frame builds and the Calls for Submissions process.
The Department of Communities is constantly assessing properties that may be suitable for spot purchase. Spot purchasing is not always possible in regional Western Australia, such as the Goldfields and the Wheatbelt, where there is a lack of suitable housing due to age of stock, or maintenance requirements such as dwellings built with asbestos.
Social Housing Spot Purchase 2011-12 to 2023-24*
Financial Year
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24*
Total
North Metro
111
53
16
8
3
83
6
16
4
1
111
138
51
601
South Metro
32
20
26
30
4
80
23
13
6
9
55
84
39
421
East Metro
27
38
14
15
6
68
-
-
-
-
42
72
37
1022
Great Southern
15
7
5
7
6
34
-
1
-
-
22
11
5
113
Southwest
29
10
14
5
10
27
1
3
1
1
24
34
17
176
Goldfields
4
1
-
-
-
7
1
-
-
-
2
3
-
18
Midwest/
Gascoyne
3
4
2
1
3
7
2
-
2
-
22
20
9
75
Pilbara
-
-
10
-
10
16
1
8
5
1
29
28
7
115
West Kimberley
5
-
2
-
15
10
1
3
1
-
8
6
1
52
Wheatbelt
4
6
8
3
4
6
1
4
1
2
4
12
2
57
East Kimberley
1
3
-
2
-
21
1
2
-
-
17
7
-
54
Total
231
142
97
71
61
359
37
50
20
14
336
415
168
2,001
* as at 30 November 2023
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