❓ Question regarding vacant public housing in Kalgoorlie, specifically Brown Avenue, and the number of applicants on the waiting list, particularly Indigenous applicants. The response details wait times, applicant numbers, and actions taken by the Department of Housing.
AnsweredQoN 1330Legislative Council
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I refer to media reports in the Kalgoorlie Miner regarding seven vacant houses in Brown Avenue, Kalgoorlie, and I ask: (a) as of 1 June 2014, how many applications exist for public housing in the Goldfields Region, and how many years has the longest applicant been waiting; (b) as of 1 June 2014, how many of the applicants currently waiting on public housing in the Goldfields region identify as Aboriginal; (c) what immediate action has, or will be taken, by the Department of Housing regarding the Brown Avenue housing complex given that the Goldfields Indigenous Housing Association advised that it does not have capacity to manage the facility; (d) how long has the Department of Housing been aware that seven houses in the Brown Avenue complex are vacant; and (e) how quickly will the Department of Housing act to appoint tenants to the vacant properties in the Brown Avenue complex?
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Answered
9 September 2014
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
76 days
The Department of Housing advises:
(a)
433.
Longest applicant has a list date of 30 November 2004.
This applicant has had his application transferred between the metropolitan area and Kalgoorlie with Kalgoorlie having been his preference since November 2013.
(b)
249
(c)
The Department of Housing has taken over the management of the complex and is in negotiations with a not for profit group that is interested in managing the complex in the longer term.
(d)
Since the Department took over management of the units on 1 July 2014.
(e)
Offers have been made to applicants from the waiting list.
(a)
433.
Longest applicant has a list date of 30 November 2004.
This applicant has had his application transferred between the metropolitan area and Kalgoorlie with Kalgoorlie having been his preference since November 2013.
(b)
249
(c)
The Department of Housing has taken over the management of the complex and is in negotiations with a not for profit group that is interested in managing the complex in the longer term.
(d)
Since the Department took over management of the units on 1 July 2014.
(e)
Offers have been made to applicants from the waiting list.
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