WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the Housing Authority's sale and demolition of rental and community housing properties across different regions in 2017-18 and 2018-19. The response provides detailed figures for each region.

AnsweredQoN 5699Legislative Assembly
Asked
24 October 2019
Portfolio
Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth; Asian Engagement

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I refer to the Housing Authority 2018-19 Annual Report, page 51, the table titled ‘Net loss on disposal of non-current assets,’ and I ask: (a) By region, how many rental properties were sold and how much revenue was generated by these sales during: (i) 2018-19; and (ii) 2017-18; (b) By region, how many community housing properties were sold and how much revenue was generated by these sales during: (i) 2018-19; and (ii) 2017-18; and (c) How many properties were demolished in each region, during: (i) 2018-19; and (ii) 2017-18?

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Answered
26 November 2019
Responded by
Minister for Housing; Veterans Issues; Youth; Asian Engagement
Response time
7 days
(a)-(i)
Region
Sale Revenue ($)
Number of Properties
Metro North
$               13,761,530
44
Metro Fremantle
$               11,950,322
36
Metro Southeast
$               12,262,667
41
Southern
$                 4,139,700
20
Southwest
$                 2,843,000
19
Goldfields
$                 3,494,267
29
Mid West / Gascoyne
$                 3,722,788
38
Pilbara
$               12,214,717
81
West Kimberley
$                 4,066,030
15
Wheatbelt
$                 3,956,262
32
East Kimberley
$                 2,001,391
8
TOTAL
$              74,412,674
363
(ii)
Region
Sale Revenue ($)
Number of Properties
Metro North
$               31,634,090
61
Metro Fremantle
$                 7,605,500
22
Metro Southeast
$               33,290,166
74
Southern
$                 6,702,000
30
Southwest
$                 5,920,500
34
Goldfields
$                 2,206,000
15
Mid West / Gascoyne
$                 4,945,600
42
Pilbara
$               19,856,501
138
West Kimberley
$                 2,528,000
16
Wheatbelt
$                 5,179,717
44
East Kimberley
$                 2,475,817
11
TOTAL
$               122,343,891
487
The main revenue variances between 2017-18 and 2018-19 rental property sales can be attributed to:
(b)-(i)
Region
Sale Revenue ($)
Number of Properties
Metro North
$                 4,836,642
10
Metro Southeast
$                   783,300
3
Goldfields
$                   336,993
2
Mid West / Gascoyne
$                 1,534,445
20
Pilbara
$                   230,000
1
West Kimberley
$                   339,579
1
TOTAL
$                 8,060,959
37
(ii)
Region
Sale Revenue ($)
Number of Properties
Metro Southeast
$                   182,000
1
Pilbara
$                   249,000
2
East Kimberley
$                   200,000
1
TOTAL
$                   631,000
4
The main revenue variances between 2017-18 and 2018-19 community housing property sales can be attributed to:
(c)-(i)
Region
Number of Properties
Metro North
65
Metro Fremantle
32
Metro Southeast
58
Southern
4
Southwest
20
Goldfields
2
Mid West / Gascoyne
6
Pilbara
8
West Kimberley
13
Wheatbelt
2
East Kimberley
19
TOTAL
229
(ii)
Region
Number of Properties
Metro North
41
Metro Fremantle
24
Metro Southeast
25
Southern
2
Southwest
5
Goldfields
2
Mid West / Gascoyne
11
Pilbara
3
West Kimberley
11
Wheatbelt
2
East Kimberley
3
TOTAL
129

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