❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding housing in regional towns, covering new builds, purchases, maintenance requests, and budget allocations. The answer provides details on construction, purchases, maintenance budgets, and refers to a tabled paper for specific maintenance requests.
AnsweredQoN 2498Legislative Council
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I refer to the towns of Carnarvon, Karratha, Newman Tom Price and Port Hedland, and I ask: (a) will the Minister detail any new houses built or purchased by the department in these towns in the last five years; (b) please provide details of any houses planned to be built or purchased by the department in the next two years; (c) will the Minister provide a detailed list of maintenance requests lodged in the last 3 years and outline any spending that occurred in relation to each request; and (d) will the Minister outline the estimated budget allocation for maintenance of houses owned and/or managed by the Department of Housing in each town for the 2019-20 and 2020-2021 financial years?
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Answered
24 October 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
9 days
(a) In the financial years 2014-15 to 2018-19, the Department of Communities completed construction of 107 properties in Carnarvon, Karratha, Newman, Tom Price and Port Hedland.
In the same period, the Department of Communities purchased four properties in Karratha and four in Port Hedland. (b) In the financial years 2019-20 to 2020-21, the Department of Communities plans to complete construction of one property in Karratha for community housing and plans to purchase one property in Port Hedland for public housing.
(c) [See tabled paper No.]
(d) The Department of Communities’ public housing and Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) maintenance budget is allocated by region.
The estimated 2019-20 maintenance budget allocation for the Pilbara region, which includes the towns of Karratha, Newman, Tom Price and Port Hedland, is $10,621,284 for public housing and $3,641,378 for GROH.
The estimated 2019-20 maintenance budget allocation for the Midwest region, which includes the town of Carnarvon is $12,129,396 for public housing and $2,315,845 for GROH.
The Department of Communities will be reviewing the public housing and GROH maintenance budgets for the 2020-21 financial year in early 2020.
The Community Housing Maintenance budget is not allocated by town or region but allocated by program type. The estimated Community Housing Maintenance budget for 2019 – 2020 is $2,130,500 and for 2020 – 2021 is $2,171,390.
In the same period, the Department of Communities purchased four properties in Karratha and four in Port Hedland. (b) In the financial years 2019-20 to 2020-21, the Department of Communities plans to complete construction of one property in Karratha for community housing and plans to purchase one property in Port Hedland for public housing.
(c) [See tabled paper No.]
(d) The Department of Communities’ public housing and Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) maintenance budget is allocated by region.
The estimated 2019-20 maintenance budget allocation for the Pilbara region, which includes the towns of Karratha, Newman, Tom Price and Port Hedland, is $10,621,284 for public housing and $3,641,378 for GROH.
The estimated 2019-20 maintenance budget allocation for the Midwest region, which includes the town of Carnarvon is $12,129,396 for public housing and $2,315,845 for GROH.
The Department of Communities will be reviewing the public housing and GROH maintenance budgets for the 2020-21 financial year in early 2020.
The Community Housing Maintenance budget is not allocated by town or region but allocated by program type. The estimated Community Housing Maintenance budget for 2019 – 2020 is $2,130,500 and for 2020 – 2021 is $2,171,390.
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