Hon. Samantha Rowe asks the Minister for Housing about the number of vacant public housing properties in the south-east metropolitan region due to extensive maintenance, and the average wait times for that maintenance. The Minister provides the number of vacant properties for 2012, 2013, and 2014, but states that the Housing Authority does not record average turnaround times.

AnsweredQoN 965Legislative Council
Asked
15 September 2015
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Housing

QuestionView source ↗

PUBLIC
HOUSING — VACANT PROPERTIES — SOUTH EAST METROPOLITAN REGION
965. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
Minister for Housing:
I refer to the ministerXXX ###XXXs
answer to question without notice 820, indicating that 140 state housing homes
are currently vacant in the south east metropolitan region as a result of
requiring ZZZ### ZZZextensive maintenance''.
(1) What was
the number of state housing homes vacant in the south east metropolitan region
as a result of requiring extensive maintenance on 1 August in each of —
(a) 2012;
(b) 2013; and
(c) 2014?
(2) What was
the average wait time for extensive maintenance on vacant properties to be
carried out in 2012, 2013 and 2014?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) (a) There were 209 houses;
(b) there were 246; and
(c) there were 131.
(2) The Housing
Authority does not record the average time taken to turn around properties
requiring extensive maintenance.

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