❓ A parliamentary question regarding public housing disposals and demolitions from 2017-2023 is answered with data provided for sales, value of sales, and demolitions. Data on land sales is not readily available.
AnsweredQoN 2071Legislative Council
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I refer to the Minister's answer to question on notice 1803, asked on 30 November 2023, in relation to public housing property disposals, and I ask: (a) for each of the following years, how many public houses were sold: (i) 2017-18; (ii) 2018-19; (iii) 2019-20; (iv) 2020-21; (v) 2021-22; and (vi) 2022-23; (b) for each of the years in (a), what was the total value of the public housing sales; (c) for each of the years in (a), how many public houses were demolished; and (d) for each of the years in (a), how much land previously used for public housing was sold in terms of: (i) land; and (ii) value?
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Answered
17 September 2024
Responded by
Minister for Agriculture and Food representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
9 days
The State Government inherited significantly ageing and inappropriate public housing stock that had not been maintained or refurbished and was in poor condition, due to the mismanagement of the previous Liberal-National Government.
Under the former Liberal–National government, many hundreds of social homes that counted towards their social housing numbers lay vacant and derelict with no plans to redevelop them, including over 160 uninhabitable apartments in Brownlie Towers alone.
There has been significant work undertaken under this State Government to prioritise the redevelopment of large-scale projects that were neglected for years including North Beach, Subiaco East, Bentley and Stirling Towers.
I seek leave to Table the following information.
(a) (i – vi) – (c)
Property Disposals
FY 2017-18
FY 2018 - 19
FY 2019 - 20
FY 2020 - 21
FY 2021 - 22
FY 2022 - 23
(a) (i – vi)
Total Sales
269
232
198
140
25
14
(b) (i – vi)
Total Value of Sales
$86,667,800
$51,823,396
$53,360,400
$26,260,412
$4,563,000
$6,174,500
(c) (i – vi)
Total Demolitions
129
209
453*
199
66
125
*This figure includes Bentley Towers.
(d) (i-ii)
The requested data is not captured in this format and therefore it is unable to be provided. As such, this data would require manual review of individual files and is not considered a reasonable use of government resources.
Should the Member have a more specific question, the Minister will endeavour to provide a response.
Under the former Liberal–National government, many hundreds of social homes that counted towards their social housing numbers lay vacant and derelict with no plans to redevelop them, including over 160 uninhabitable apartments in Brownlie Towers alone.
There has been significant work undertaken under this State Government to prioritise the redevelopment of large-scale projects that were neglected for years including North Beach, Subiaco East, Bentley and Stirling Towers.
I seek leave to Table the following information.
(a) (i – vi) – (c)
Property Disposals
FY 2017-18
FY 2018 - 19
FY 2019 - 20
FY 2020 - 21
FY 2021 - 22
FY 2022 - 23
(a) (i – vi)
Total Sales
269
232
198
140
25
14
(b) (i – vi)
Total Value of Sales
$86,667,800
$51,823,396
$53,360,400
$26,260,412
$4,563,000
$6,174,500
(c) (i – vi)
Total Demolitions
129
209
453*
199
66
125
*This figure includes Bentley Towers.
(d) (i-ii)
The requested data is not captured in this format and therefore it is unable to be provided. As such, this data would require manual review of individual files and is not considered a reasonable use of government resources.
Should the Member have a more specific question, the Minister will endeavour to provide a response.
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