❓ Hon Tim Clifford asks about termination notices issued to public housing tenants in 2024-25, and the Minister provides a detailed breakdown of the outcomes, including voluntary vacates, evictions, and cases involving children, highlighting support services offered.
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(1) Regarding the 2,973 termination notices issued to public housing tenants in 2024-25, how many total tenancies were these issued to? (2) Of the tenancies terminated in 2024-25, how many were vacated after: (a) a termination notice; (b) a court order; and (c) enforcement by a bailiff? (3) Of the tenancies terminated in 2024-25, how many involved households with children?
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Answered
2 December 2025
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Works
Response time
8 days
Eviction is the last resort for the Department of Housing and Works. The Department works with tenants to ensure they are given every opportunity to rectify the issues impacting on their tenancy. This includes making appropriate referrals to supports and programs such as Thrive, which provides support to public housing clients.
When a tenant is at risk of termination, the Department will increase their contact with the client and link them with relevant support services to help address the issues impacting their tenancy, and, in most cases, people remedy the issues impacting their tenancy.
After a termination notice or court order is issued, the Department will continue to work with tenants to rectify issues impacting their tenancy. Even following eviction orders, tenants have the opportunity to remediate their tenancy and engage with the Department.
1) 1,779 tenancies
2) (a) 100 voluntary vacates following termination notice (b) 158 voluntary vacates following court order (c) 25
3) 118. Where children are involved, the Department of Housing and Works provides additional supports to help sustain the tenancy. Housing and Works also has processes which ensure that Child Protection and Family Support officers are notified when termination orders are issued or eviction proceedings are initiated for households that include children, to provide child protection officers the opportunity to engage the family with appropriate support or intervention. This often results in referrals and engagement of tenants in collaborative support programs such as Thrive, or alternative supported accommodation options. Clients also remain eligible to reapply for further housing assistance. It is important to note the above data includes children who are listed as householders, however may be living across more than one tenancy due to shared custody arrangements or be otherwise appropriately housed with other family members or guardians. The figure may also include abandoned tenancies where the tenant and children no longer reside at the property.
When a tenant is at risk of termination, the Department will increase their contact with the client and link them with relevant support services to help address the issues impacting their tenancy, and, in most cases, people remedy the issues impacting their tenancy.
After a termination notice or court order is issued, the Department will continue to work with tenants to rectify issues impacting their tenancy. Even following eviction orders, tenants have the opportunity to remediate their tenancy and engage with the Department.
1) 1,779 tenancies
2) (a) 100 voluntary vacates following termination notice (b) 158 voluntary vacates following court order (c) 25
3) 118. Where children are involved, the Department of Housing and Works provides additional supports to help sustain the tenancy. Housing and Works also has processes which ensure that Child Protection and Family Support officers are notified when termination orders are issued or eviction proceedings are initiated for households that include children, to provide child protection officers the opportunity to engage the family with appropriate support or intervention. This often results in referrals and engagement of tenants in collaborative support programs such as Thrive, or alternative supported accommodation options. Clients also remain eligible to reapply for further housing assistance. It is important to note the above data includes children who are listed as householders, however may be living across more than one tenancy due to shared custody arrangements or be otherwise appropriately housed with other family members or guardians. The figure may also include abandoned tenancies where the tenant and children no longer reside at the property.
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