❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses homelessness, government responses, and refuge turn-away rates. The Minister details state funding increases and criticizes the previous federal government's lack of support, while welcoming new federal initiatives.
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HOMELESSNESS — GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE
(1) What is the estimated number of homeless people in Western Australia? (2) Shelter WA is reported as stating that the current situation is the worst it has seen in 10 years. If this is so, what has the government done over the past five years to address this? (3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY
(1) What is the estimated number of homeless people in Western Australia? (2) Shelter WA is reported as stating that the current situation is the worst it has seen in 10 years. If this is so, what has the government done over the past five years to address this? (3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(2) Shelter WA is reported as stating that the current situation is the worst it has seen in 10 years. If this is so, what has the government done over the past five years to address this? (3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(2) Shelter WA is reported as stating that the current situation is the worst it has seen in 10 years. If this is so, what has the government done over the past five years to address this? (3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(3) How many women and children have been turned away from refuges since December 2007 to the present? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question. (1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(1) The Counting the Homeless project, based on the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics data, is yet to be released. However, data from the previous Counting the Homeless project, in 2001, revealed that there were 11 697 homeless people in WA. (2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(2) Crisis accommodation and services for homeless people are shared commonwealth and state responsibilities and are jointly funded through the supported accommodation assistance program—SAAP. I must say that it is a disgrace that the Howard government provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding — Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon Robyn McSweeney : What about the state government though? Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
Hon SUE ELLERY : I am about to tell the member. During the Howard government’s entire period in office it provided no real increase in the federal component of SAAP funding, and did not even have a designated minister for housing. Fortunately, the state government has increased SAAP funding. In 2006-07, the state government provided a 10 per cent increase in its contribution to SAAP—each service received $5 million over four years—and increased the indexation on the state’s contribution to SAAP services by $1.5 million over four years. This funding was over and above the requirements of the joint commonwealth-state SAAP V agreement. The state also provided funding for a new domestic violence refuge in the northern suburbs. Last year the state announced a $238 million housing affordability package, targeting low-income households, public housing, crisis accommodation, and land supply in regional areas. Other housing affordability initiatives by the state government last year included expanding the bond assistance scheme to increase the income eligibility threshold and increased bond loan limits; funding to increase public housing stock by 1 000 dwellings over four years; additional community housing, including building a 50-bed lodging house in Northbridge; the construction of 27 one and two-bedroom units in Midland; and funding of $2.4 million over three years from the Department for Child Protection and Lotterywest to provide a Home Connect service to source properties, to provide short-term support and to oversee social support for people currently experiencing urgent housing needs. The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
The state government looks forward to entering into new partnerships with the Rudd government to tackle homelessness and welcomes several of the Rudd government’s early initiatives, including the appointment of two ministers for housing in the Rudd ministry. Hon Jenny Macklin, MP, is the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, and Hon Tanya Plibersek, MP, is responsible for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program, which operates jointly with the states. Another initiative is the national affordable rental scheme, which gives investors tax incentives to increase the supply of affordable rentals to low-income people. Another initiative is “A Place to Call Home”, which is an investment of $150 million over five years to build 600 new homes for the homeless, with the aim of halving the number of people in homeless shelters. Yet another initiative is the announcement that the government’s first commissioned white paper will examine homelessness in more depth and make recommendations. It is also heartening to hear a Prime Minister talk about homelessness, which is something that we did not hear much about from the previous federal government. (3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
(3) Data for 2006-07 is yet to be released. I am happy to provide the member with a copy of this report once it becomes available. Data on turn-away figures from previous reporting periods is contained in the “Demand for SAAP accommodation by homeless people 2005-06” report, which is available on the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare website.
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