❓ Hon Peter Collier asks about the number and average rent of Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) houses across WA regions from 2016-2020. The answer refers to a tabled paper and criticises the previous government's management of GROH.
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(1) For each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, how many Government Regional Officer Housing (GROH) houses were there in the: (a) Great
Southern; (b) South West; (c) Goldfields; (d) Mid West; (e) Pilbarra; (f) West Kimberley; (g) East Kimberley; (h) Wheatbelt; and (i) Metropolitan region? (2) What was the average rent for GROH housing in each of the regions and for each of the years referred to in (1)?
Southern; (b) South West; (c) Goldfields; (d) Mid West; (e) Pilbarra; (f) West Kimberley; (g) East Kimberley; (h) Wheatbelt; and (i) Metropolitan region? (2) What was the average rent for GROH housing in each of the regions and for each of the years referred to in (1)?
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Answered
10 August 2021
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Minister for Housing
Response time
9 days
(1) [See Tabled Paper No.].
The McGowan Government inherited an ageing portfolio consisting of a significant number of aged, dilapidated buildings which were unsafe, expensive to maintain, and not fit for purpose due to significant underinvestment by the previous Government, who had put in place a GROH sales program to pay down GROH debt. The McGowan Government has now put a freeze on the sale of GROH properties.
(2) [See Tabled Paper No.].
The McGowan Government inherited an ageing portfolio consisting of a significant number of aged, dilapidated buildings which were unsafe, expensive to maintain, and not fit for purpose due to significant underinvestment by the previous Government, who had put in place a GROH sales program to pay down GROH debt. The McGowan Government has now put a freeze on the sale of GROH properties.
(2) [See Tabled Paper No.].
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