❓ Mr. Tinley questions the Department of Housing regarding the priority waitlist for social housing in the South Metropolitan Region, seeking detailed data on applicants, wait times, and locations. The Department provides some data but cannot answer all questions due to data collection limitations.
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I refer to the Department of Housing priority wait-list for the South Metropolitan Region and ask: (a) what is the current priority wait list as a total number of applicants as at 1 February 2014; (b) what is the current priority wait list as a total number of people, including children and dependents as at 1 February 2014; (c) what is the average time an applicant for this area has been on the priority wait list at as 1 February 2014; (d) what is the longest time an applicant has been on the priority wait list as at 1 February 2014; (e) how many applications for priority housing in this region were received in 2013, and of these, how many were approved; (f) how many people had been on the priority housing listing for 18 months or more as at 1 February 2014; and (g) how many applicants who are on the priority wait list currently live in: (i) Melville; (ii) Kardinya; (iii) Samson; (iv) Willagee; (v) Hilton; (vi) Hamilton Hill; (vii) Spearwood; (viii) Coolbellup; (ix) Bibra Lake; and (x) O’Connor?
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Answered
6 May 2014
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
49 days
The Department of Housing advises as at 28 February 2014:
(a)
720 applications
(b)
1 422 people
(c)
113 weeks
(d)
The longest priority applicant applied in November 2009 and was granted priority assistance for single, one-bedroom accommodation due to secondary homelessness.
The applicant was offered a property in August 2013 in an apartment block, but declined as he had acquired a dog and required a property with a yard
.
(e)
297 applications were listed in 2013. The Department does not collate the number of applications received prior to approval.
(f)
375 applications
(g)(i)-(x)
The Department cannot answer this question as it only collects applicants' current address for correspondence requirements and does not use this information for statistical purposes.
(a)
720 applications
(b)
1 422 people
(c)
113 weeks
(d)
The longest priority applicant applied in November 2009 and was granted priority assistance for single, one-bedroom accommodation due to secondary homelessness.
The applicant was offered a property in August 2013 in an apartment block, but declined as he had acquired a dog and required a property with a yard
.
(e)
297 applications were listed in 2013. The Department does not collate the number of applications received prior to approval.
(f)
375 applications
(g)(i)-(x)
The Department cannot answer this question as it only collects applicants' current address for correspondence requirements and does not use this information for statistical purposes.
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