Dr. Brad Pettitt asks the Minister for Housing about the number of applications and individuals on the public housing and priority waitlists as of August 2021. The Minister provides the requested data.

AnsweredQoN 723Legislative Council
Asked
15 September 2021
Portfolio
Housing

QuestionView source ↗

PUBLIC HOUSING — WAITING LIST
723. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the Leader of the House
representing the Minister for Housing:
I refer to the public housing
waitlist.
(1) How many applications were on
the public housing waitlist at the end of August 2021?
(2) How many individuals do the
applications in (1) represent?
(3) How many applications were on
the public housing priority waitlist at the end of August?
(4) How many individuals do the
applications in (3) represent?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(2) As
at 31 August 2021, there were 17 480 applications on the public housing
waitlist, representing 30 394 individuals.
(3)–(4) As
at 31 August 2021, of the 17 480 applications on the public housing waitlist, 3
548 were priority listed, representing 7 065 individuals.

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