❓ Ms. Kent asks about the government's efforts to unlock land in regional WA for workers' accommodation and residential development. The Minister for Lands details various initiatives and land releases in Kalbarri, Kalgoorlie, Broome, and Karratha, highlighting collaboration with local governments and investment in regional housing.
AnsweredQoN 519Legislative Assembly
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LAND RELEASES — REGIONS
519. Ms A.E. KENT to the Minister for Lands:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's efforts to support investment in regional Western Australia
and drive further development throughout the state.
Can the minister update the house
on how this government is helping unlock further land in our regional centres,
and outline what this will mean for workers' accommodation and
residential development?
519. Ms A.E. KENT to the Minister for Lands:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's efforts to support investment in regional Western Australia
and drive further development throughout the state.
Can the minister update the house
on how this government is helping unlock further land in our regional centres,
and outline what this will mean for workers' accommodation and
residential development?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for her question.
As
I have said repeatedly in this Parliament, our government is using every
opportunity we can, whether it is through the housing portfolio, through the
homelessness portfolio, or, critically, the lands portfolio, to boost social
housing supply and overall housing supply. We understand, with an incredible
number of people making Western Australia home in this COVID environment, that
there has been a demand for increased housing across Western Australia. That is
why as the Minister for Lands, my agencies and I have been actively trying to
work with local governments to facilitate and boost housing supply. Of course,
at Kalbarri we made a clear election commitment in relation to providing land
for workers' accommodation. I am very pleased to say that working with
the Shire of Northampton we have identified the land that is now going through
a zoning change. Our agencies have been working with the shire, because that
takes time to change, but we have also announced a preferred proponent who will
be delivering 44 dwellings to cater for 56 people for Kalbarri. I want to give
a shout-out to the Shire of Northampton. Our agency is working well with it.
This
is not the only area for delivery of that election commitment. Previously, in
the winter break, I was in Kalgoorlie and
we announced the expansion of the Pringle Village seniors'
accommodation. We provided land worth $6.6 million to enable more
independent housing choice for seniors. I was in Broome recently. The Minister
for Community Services and I announced the release of 33 lots, but also a lot
for a childcare centre, given growing demand there. In Karratha, I was with the
Premier where we announced the release of three tranches of land, which were
provided to the council at a discounted rate, to boost workers'
accommodation and housing supply. This land will provide around 44
medium-density homes. Of course, this is on top of our Regional Land Booster
program, which was $116 million that saw around 400 lots released to the
market. With the Minister for Planning, we announced the housing diversity
pipeline, which is about using lazy land to extract additional housing, whether
it be social housing or other forms of community housing. In that first
tranche, two sites in regions were identified, particularly in Busselton, where
there has been strong interest, particularly from the community housing sector.
Of course, in the budget, we provided $19 million to release additional land in
Kalgoorlie and Karratha. We can see right there that that our government is
going out of its way to look at how we can use land and work with local
governments to boost housing supply in regional Western Australia.
As
I have said repeatedly in this Parliament, our government is using every
opportunity we can, whether it is through the housing portfolio, through the
homelessness portfolio, or, critically, the lands portfolio, to boost social
housing supply and overall housing supply. We understand, with an incredible
number of people making Western Australia home in this COVID environment, that
there has been a demand for increased housing across Western Australia. That is
why as the Minister for Lands, my agencies and I have been actively trying to
work with local governments to facilitate and boost housing supply. Of course,
at Kalbarri we made a clear election commitment in relation to providing land
for workers' accommodation. I am very pleased to say that working with
the Shire of Northampton we have identified the land that is now going through
a zoning change. Our agencies have been working with the shire, because that
takes time to change, but we have also announced a preferred proponent who will
be delivering 44 dwellings to cater for 56 people for Kalbarri. I want to give
a shout-out to the Shire of Northampton. Our agency is working well with it.
This
is not the only area for delivery of that election commitment. Previously, in
the winter break, I was in Kalgoorlie and
we announced the expansion of the Pringle Village seniors'
accommodation. We provided land worth $6.6 million to enable more
independent housing choice for seniors. I was in Broome recently. The Minister
for Community Services and I announced the release of 33 lots, but also a lot
for a childcare centre, given growing demand there. In Karratha, I was with the
Premier where we announced the release of three tranches of land, which were
provided to the council at a discounted rate, to boost workers'
accommodation and housing supply. This land will provide around 44
medium-density homes. Of course, this is on top of our Regional Land Booster
program, which was $116 million that saw around 400 lots released to the
market. With the Minister for Planning, we announced the housing diversity
pipeline, which is about using lazy land to extract additional housing, whether
it be social housing or other forms of community housing. In that first
tranche, two sites in regions were identified, particularly in Busselton, where
there has been strong interest, particularly from the community housing sector.
Of course, in the budget, we provided $19 million to release additional land in
Kalgoorlie and Karratha. We can see right there that that our government is
going out of its way to look at how we can use land and work with local
governments to boost housing supply in regional Western Australia.
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