❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses housing and land held by the Department of Housing and Works in Broome, focusing on vacant properties, application processing times, and waiting list numbers. The response outlines the department's holdings and planned investments in social housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND WORKS - HOUSING AND LAND, BROOME
I refer to housing and land held by the Department of Housing and Works in Broome. (1) How many vacant blocks does the department hold? (2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
I refer to housing and land held by the Department of Housing and Works in Broome. (1) How many vacant blocks does the department hold? (2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(1) How many vacant blocks does the department hold? (2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(1) How many vacant blocks does the department hold? (2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(2) How many vacant houses and units does the department hold? (3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(3) What is the date for processing applications for two and three-bedroom accommodation? (4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(4) How many people are on the waiting list for two and three-bedroom accommodation? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question. The Department of Housing and Works has advised that as at 30 September 2007 - (1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(1) The department has 10 vacant blocks in Broome, and plans are well advanced to construct rental accommodation on eight of those blocks. (2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(2) There are seven vacant public housing properties. Three vacant properties were being returned to the department to be relet plus a further two properties were in the process of reallocation. Two other properties were also undergoing standard vacated maintenance for prompt allocation. (3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(3) The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom family property applied on 21 March 2003. The last applicant housed in a three-bedroom family property applied on 6 November 2002. The last applicant housed in a two-bedroom seniors’ property applied on 7 February 2003. (4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
(4) Two hundred and forty-three applicants. It is worthy of note that in the 2007-08 state budget, the government announced it would invest $417 million over four years in social housing and deliver at least 1 000 extra social housing dwellings over the next four years. This investment was built on last month when the government committed a further $238 million dollars to affordable housing and land initiatives, including the delivery of an extra 124 social rental housing properties. Twenty-one additional social housing properties are planned to commence in Broome in 2007-08.
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