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❓ Question seeks details on WA's receipt and allocation of funds from the Federal Social Housing Accelerator Fund, including implementation plans and anticipated social housing construction.

AnsweredQoN 1732Legislative Council

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19 October 2023

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Hon Dr Brad Pettitt

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I refer to the announcement of the 2 billion Social Housing Accelerator Fund on 17 June 2023 that was subsequently passed as part of the Housing Australia Future Fund package in Federal Parliament on 14 September 2023, and I ask: (a) has Western Australia received its distribution from the Social Housing Accelerator Fund and how much was that payment; (b) did Western Australia provide a draft Implementation Plan to the Commonwealth for approval by 1 August 2023; (c) if not, why not; (d) please table the draft implementation plan; (e) did Western Australia provide its final Implementation Plan to the Commonwealth for approval by 30 September 2023; (f) if no to (e), why not; (g) please table the final implementation plan; (h) how much of Western Australia's distribution from the Social Housing Accelerator Fund has been allocated in the implementation plan for: (i) direct provision of funding for new social housing, renovations or refurbishments of existing dwellings that are currently uninhabitable or by expanding existing programs by the State; (ii) the purchase of new build properties or the conversion of nonresidential properties where it increases both social housing and total housing stock; (iii) extensions or additions to social housing to expand bedroom capacity in remote and discrete communities; (iv) partnering with and/or direct funding to Community Housing Providers; and (v) partnering with and/or direct funding to entities whose primary purpose is to improve housing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; and (i) how many additional social houses does the government anticipate will be build using federal funding from the Social Housing Accelerator Fund?