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❓ Mr. Logan inquires about public housing waiting lists in major regional WA towns, seeking data on applicant numbers, wait times, and dwelling size requirements. The Minister deferred the answer to a tabled paper.

AnsweredQoN 3175Legislative Assembly

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23 October 2014

Member

Mr F.M. Logan

Portfolio

Housing

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I draw the Minister's attention to the waiting lists for public housing in regional Western Australia’s major towns, as of 30 September 2014 in each of the following regional towns and cities: Bunbury, Geraldton, Albany, Kalgoorlie, Collie, Karratha, Port and South Hedland, Broome, Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Kununurra, Carnarvon and Esperance, and I ask: (a) how many applicants were on the public housing waiting list; (b) how many applicants were on the priority public housing waiting list; (c) what is the average and longest periods an applicant remains on the waiting list in these towns and cities; (d) what is the average and longest periods an applicant remains on the priority housing waiting list in these towns and cities; and (e) as of 30 September 2014 of those people on the waiting lists referred to in (a) how many are waiting for: (i) one bedroom dwellings; (ii) two bedroom dwellings; (iii) three bedroom dwellings; and (iv) dwellings with 4 bedrooms or more?