Ms. Farrer questions the Minister for Housing regarding vacant public and GROH housing in Broome, revealing 13 vacant public housing properties and 9 vacant GROH properties, with corresponding vacancy dates, and 130 applications on the priority housing waitlist.

AnsweredQoN 3829Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 March 2015
Portfolio
Housing

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I refer to the public housing situation in the Kimberley, and I ask: (a) how many Department of Housing properties are currently vacant in Broome; (b) how many Government Regional Officers’ Housing (GROH) properties are currently vacant in Broome; (c) for (a) and (b), what date was each of these properties vacated; and (d) how many people are currently on the priority housing wait list for Broome?

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Answered
5 May 2015
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
42 days
The Department of Housing advises as at 31 March 2015:
(a) 13.
(b) Nine. These properties are earmarked for use in the West Kimberley Transitional Housing Program.
(c) Date public housing properties were vacated
(i) 9 July 2014
(ii) 28 July 2014
(iii) 8 August 2014
(iv) 13 September 2014
(v) 2 December 2014
(vi) 5 December 2014
(vii) 24 January 2015
(viii) 30 January 2015
(ix) 3 February 2015
(x) 3 February 2015
(xi) 5 February 2015
(xii) 14 March 2015
(xiii) 27 March 2015
Date GROH properties were vacated
(i) 17 October 2013
(ii) 16 February 2013
(iii) 18 April 2014
(iv) 14 October 2014
(v) 13 November 2014
(vi) 22 September 2010
(vii) 23 February 2011
(viii) 18 March 2011
(ix) 1 January 2015
(d)  130 applications.

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