Hon. Samantha Rowe questions the Minister for Housing regarding maintenance requests and budget allocation for public housing in the south east metropolitan region. The Minister provides data on maintenance requests, budget changes, and actual spending for 2013 and 2014.

AnsweredQoN 301Legislative Council
Asked
24 March 2015
Portfolio
Housing

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DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING — MAINTENANCE BUDGET — SOUTH EAST METROPOLITAN
REGION
301. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
Minister for Housing:
(1) How many
public housing maintenance requests were received by the Department of Housing
from residents in the south east metropolitan administrative region in 2013?
(2) What was
the difference between the Department of HousingXXX ###XXXs
maintenance budget for the south east metropolitan administrative region in
2013 compared with 2014?
(3) How much
of the maintenance budget in the south east metropolitan administrative region
was spent in 2013 and how much in 2014?

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I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1) In 2013–14
the department received 42 710 requests for reactive maintenance from residents
in the south east metropolitan area.
(2) The departmentXXX ###XXXs overall maintenance budget increased
by $4.255 million from 2012–13 to 2013–14.
(3) The actual
spend for 2012–13 for the south east metropolitan administrative region
was $15.777 million. The actual spend for 2013–14 for the south east
metropolitan administrative region was $19.073 million.

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