❓ Mr. Tinley questions the Housing Minister about the reduction in the public housing waitlist, specifically regarding the impact of the State Affordable Housing Strategy and eligibility compliance. The Minister's response provides detailed statistics on waitlist movements but admits difficulty in isolating the impact of the Strategy.
AnsweredQoN 2671Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the Minister’s reply to Question Without Notice No.415 on 12 July 2014 where the Minister stated that “we are working on our waiting list, which has gone down by 4000 places in the last two and a half years”, and ask: (a) of the 4000 places by which the waitlist has decreased in the last two and a half years, how many of these places have been vacated as a result of housing being offered to the applicant stemming from housing delivered under the State Affordable Housing Strategy or otherwise; and (b) how many of these places were vacated as a result of applicants being removed from the list as a result of failing to comply with the eligibility requirements applicants must meet to be considered for public and community housing?
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Answered
16 September 2014
Responded by
Minister for Housing
Response time
35 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(a)
- (b)
The waiting list is a point in time measure of the net changes in the number of applications for social housing.
It does not provide information on the volume of movements onto and off the waiting list.
At 30 June 2010 the waiting list numbered 24 136 and on 30 June 2014 the waiting list numbered 20 013 - a net reduction of over 4 000 applications on the waiting list in the past four years.
In that period there have been -
·
21 446 new applications.
·
14 983 individuals and families housed in social housing, including public housing, community housing and other programs funded or supported by the Department.
·
3 593 voluntary withdrawals from the waiting list due to changed circumstances.
·
1 667 applicants that became ineligible due to improved income.
·
3 223 applications removed from the waiting list because of a failure to comply with a range of eligibility rules, including 413 removed because they had acquired a property.
·
12 050 applications removed from the waiting list because they were not contactable, however, many would have been reinstated at a later date. The exact number of reinstatements is not counted within the Department's existing waiting list management system.
It is not currently possible to accurately count the number of applicants that came off the waiting list due to assistance provided under the State Affordable Housing Strategy, however, as at 30 June 2014 -
·
2 382 dwellings had been completed under the National Rental Affordability Scheme;
·
8 629 low to moderate income households had been helped to purchase a home through Keystart loans, including 801 SharedStart shared equity home loans; and
·
38 774 individuals and families had been assisted with bond loans to enter private rental housing.
(a)
- (b)
The waiting list is a point in time measure of the net changes in the number of applications for social housing.
It does not provide information on the volume of movements onto and off the waiting list.
At 30 June 2010 the waiting list numbered 24 136 and on 30 June 2014 the waiting list numbered 20 013 - a net reduction of over 4 000 applications on the waiting list in the past four years.
In that period there have been -
·
21 446 new applications.
·
14 983 individuals and families housed in social housing, including public housing, community housing and other programs funded or supported by the Department.
·
3 593 voluntary withdrawals from the waiting list due to changed circumstances.
·
1 667 applicants that became ineligible due to improved income.
·
3 223 applications removed from the waiting list because of a failure to comply with a range of eligibility rules, including 413 removed because they had acquired a property.
·
12 050 applications removed from the waiting list because they were not contactable, however, many would have been reinstated at a later date. The exact number of reinstatements is not counted within the Department's existing waiting list management system.
It is not currently possible to accurately count the number of applicants that came off the waiting list due to assistance provided under the State Affordable Housing Strategy, however, as at 30 June 2014 -
·
2 382 dwellings had been completed under the National Rental Affordability Scheme;
·
8 629 low to moderate income households had been helped to purchase a home through Keystart loans, including 801 SharedStart shared equity home loans; and
·
38 774 individuals and families had been assisted with bond loans to enter private rental housing.
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