❓ Hon. Colin de Grussa asks the Minister for Housing about public housing waitlists and vacancy rates in the Kalgoorlie electorate. The Minister provides data on waitlists by preference zone and vacancy numbers, noting many vacant properties are undergoing maintenance.
AnsweredQoN 424Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITLIST — KALGOORLIE
ELECTORATE
424. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the housing waitlist for
the electorate of Kalgoorlie.
(1) How many people are currently
waiting for housing in —
(1) the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder;
(2) the Shire of Coolgardie;
(3) the Shire of Dundas;
(4) the Shire of Laverton; and
(5) the Shire of Menzies?
(2) For those in (1), what is the
current vacancy rate for each local government area?
ELECTORATE
424. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the housing waitlist for
the electorate of Kalgoorlie.
(1) How many people are currently
waiting for housing in —
(1) the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder;
(2) the Shire of Coolgardie;
(3) the Shire of Dundas;
(4) the Shire of Laverton; and
(5) the Shire of Menzies?
(2) For those in (1), what is the
current vacancy rate for each local government area?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The Department of Communities does not collate
waitlist data by local government area—LGA. The waitlist can be
broken down by preference region and preference zone.
I seek leave to have that part of
the answer incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Public
Housing Wait List by Area Office and Preference Zone as at 30 April 2022
Area
Office
Preference
Zone
Total
Number of Applications
Total
Number of People
Kalgoorlie
Coolgardie
16
35
Kalgoorlie
368
637
Kambalda
2
2
Laverton
17
44
Leonora
17
32
Norseman
3
4
Total
423
754
(2) Properties
can become vacant for a number of reasons and are generally only vacant for a period
of time. Of the 130 properties vacant in the region as at 30 April 2022, 116 of
these properties are undergoing maintenance repairs and will return to public
housing stock once complete.
That information is also set out in
tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Public Housing State-wide vacancies below LGA's
as at 30 April 2022
GA
Returning
Not-Returning
Total
City of Kalgoorlie Boulder
94
12
106
Shire of Coolgardie
11
2
13
Shire of Dundas
-
-
-
Shire of Laverton
11
-
11
Shire of Menzies
-
-
-
Total
116
14
130
some notice of the question.
(1) The Department of Communities does not collate
waitlist data by local government area—LGA. The waitlist can be
broken down by preference region and preference zone.
I seek leave to have that part of
the answer incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Public
Housing Wait List by Area Office and Preference Zone as at 30 April 2022
Area
Office
Preference
Zone
Total
Number of Applications
Total
Number of People
Kalgoorlie
Coolgardie
16
35
Kalgoorlie
368
637
Kambalda
2
2
Laverton
17
44
Leonora
17
32
Norseman
3
4
Total
423
754
(2) Properties
can become vacant for a number of reasons and are generally only vacant for a period
of time. Of the 130 properties vacant in the region as at 30 April 2022, 116 of
these properties are undergoing maintenance repairs and will return to public
housing stock once complete.
That information is also set out in
tabular form, so I seek leave to have it incorporated into Hansard .
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
Public Housing State-wide vacancies below LGA's
as at 30 April 2022
GA
Returning
Not-Returning
Total
City of Kalgoorlie Boulder
94
12
106
Shire of Coolgardie
11
2
13
Shire of Dundas
-
-
-
Shire of Laverton
11
-
11
Shire of Menzies
-
-
-
Total
116
14
130
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