❓ The Minister for Housing updates the house on the Affordable Housing Strategy 2010-2020, highlighting achievements in building lots, social housing, support services, NRAS dwellings, Keystart loans, and shared equity programs.
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
111. MR N.W. MORTON to the Minister for Housing:
Mr Speaker, I still have a question for the Minister for
Housing. Will the minister please update the house on the state government's
affordable housing strategy and its approach to housing affordability?
111. MR N.W. MORTON to the Minister for Housing:
Mr Speaker, I still have a question for the Minister for
Housing. Will the minister please update the house on the state government's
affordable housing strategy and its approach to housing affordability?
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I thank the member for Forrestfield for the very good
question.
With about 1 500 people coming to
Western Australia every week, it is no surprise that housing affordability is a
major issue for this state. The Liberal–National government has a plan
to address this matter. The plan is the ''Affordable Housing Strategy
2010–2020'', released in 2010 by the member for Vasse when he
was the Minister for Housing. We are already well on the way to actually
deliver 20 000 houses by the year 2020. In fact, we are well on the way to
delivering 7 600 already.
I will outline some of this government's
achievements. We have produced nearly 5 000 building lots, constructed over 3 400
new social houses and committed another $130 million in 2012–13 for a
further 433 homes. We have committed an additional $205 million over four years
for housing support services for 450 people with high-support needs in our
community. We have also freed up or reallocated 1 554 public houses by
assisting over-income tenants to find alternative accommodation. Under the national
rental affordability scheme, or NRAS, 724 dwellings have been completed,
another 1 100 are under construction and we have committed funding for an
additional 1 000. By 2016, we will have committed to 6 000 NRAS houses. We have
also helped more than 2 890 households, which could not otherwise access
finance, to own their own home through the Keystart home loan scheme. Further,
we have also helped 434 households with average family incomes of only $66 000
to buy their own home through our new SharedStart shared equity program. We
have also assisted 30 727 people through bond loans. That is just a snapshot of
what we have achieved to date. I will table the full list, as time prohibits me
from reading out the whole list.
Housing affordability is a challenge; this government is up
to the challenge; and we have a plan, the affordable housing strategy, whereas
members opposite only ever had a draft plan.
[See paper 307.]
question.
With about 1 500 people coming to
Western Australia every week, it is no surprise that housing affordability is a
major issue for this state. The Liberal–National government has a plan
to address this matter. The plan is the ''Affordable Housing Strategy
2010–2020'', released in 2010 by the member for Vasse when he
was the Minister for Housing. We are already well on the way to actually
deliver 20 000 houses by the year 2020. In fact, we are well on the way to
delivering 7 600 already.
I will outline some of this government's
achievements. We have produced nearly 5 000 building lots, constructed over 3 400
new social houses and committed another $130 million in 2012–13 for a
further 433 homes. We have committed an additional $205 million over four years
for housing support services for 450 people with high-support needs in our
community. We have also freed up or reallocated 1 554 public houses by
assisting over-income tenants to find alternative accommodation. Under the national
rental affordability scheme, or NRAS, 724 dwellings have been completed,
another 1 100 are under construction and we have committed funding for an
additional 1 000. By 2016, we will have committed to 6 000 NRAS houses. We have
also helped more than 2 890 households, which could not otherwise access
finance, to own their own home through the Keystart home loan scheme. Further,
we have also helped 434 households with average family incomes of only $66 000
to buy their own home through our new SharedStart shared equity program. We
have also assisted 30 727 people through bond loans. That is just a snapshot of
what we have achieved to date. I will table the full list, as time prohibits me
from reading out the whole list.
Housing affordability is a challenge; this government is up
to the challenge; and we have a plan, the affordable housing strategy, whereas
members opposite only ever had a draft plan.
[See paper 307.]
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