❓ The Minister for Housing details two public-private partnership projects in the Perth electorate aimed at increasing affordable housing options, including shared equity and rental schemes, and highlights the government's progress towards its housing target.
AnsweredQoN 801Legislative Assembly
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING STRATEGY
801. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for Housing:
As part of its affordable housing strategy, the government
made a commitment to work in partnership with the private sector to deliver
innovative projects. Can the minister please advise the house what projects are
being delivered in the electorate of Perth?
801. Ms E. EVANGEL to the Minister for Housing:
As part of its affordable housing strategy, the government
made a commitment to work in partnership with the private sector to deliver
innovative projects. Can the minister please advise the house what projects are
being delivered in the electorate of Perth?
AnswerView source ↗
I will be delighted to answer the member for Perth's
question and in fact update her on two very exciting, innovative apartment
blocks that are being developed in her area. This government has developed a
very plausible strategy to address housing in Western Australia. One of the
concerns to people is to own their own house. If houses are not affordable,
they cannot. We developed a strategy in our term of government about getting
people into houses. The only way we can do this is to make sure there are
affordable houses on the market. One of the ways to do this is through public–private
partnerships. I would like to mention two projects in the electorate of Perth.
The first one is the One on Aberdeen project, which is in Northbridge. It is a
partnership between the Department of Housing and Diploma. The way it worked
was that the department had the land on Aberdeen Street and by going into
partnership with the department, Diploma Group was able to secure finance and
the 14-storey building was constructed. The 14-storey building comprises seven
commercial units and 161 mixed-use residential units. Of those 161 units, 66
were reserved exclusively for affordable outcomes, 17 units were reserved for
social housing, 17 were reserved for sale under the national rental
affordability scheme, 18 were allocated for sale under the shared equity scheme
and 14 were reserved for essential workers. A further 14 of the remaining 95 units
have been offered for sale at prices that are affordable to people on moderate
incomes. As a result, almost 50 per cent of One on Aberdeen was offered as an
affordable entry point for people in the Western Australian housing market.
The other public–private partnership is a similar
project in West Perth known as Abode. That is a 10-storey building with 86 apartments,
which are all one or two-bedroom apartments. They will be offered as shared
equity and there will be some rental opportunities. It is very close to public
transport. This is a very innovative project and members opposite might be
interested in this, particularly those who support public transport. Apartments
in this tower will be offered without car bays because it is very close to bike
paths, the railway station and other public transport modes. It is really a
trial, a test, to see what consumer appetite will be like and how it goes.
Obviously, they will be cheaper, because a car bay is not being paid for. That
is another clever, innovative way that my department and this government are
looking at providing affordable houses to Western Australians. We are not just
providing social houses, although we are still doing that as part of our
affordable housing strategy; we are making sure we have affordable houses so we
can get people out of social housing into their own houses, which frees up the
list for another person on the waiting list for a social house, and some people
will not even have to go to social housing because they will be able to get
their own house. This is a very good strategy, and just to update the house on
our target of 20 000 new housing opportunities, we are well over 16 500 as of
today.
question and in fact update her on two very exciting, innovative apartment
blocks that are being developed in her area. This government has developed a
very plausible strategy to address housing in Western Australia. One of the
concerns to people is to own their own house. If houses are not affordable,
they cannot. We developed a strategy in our term of government about getting
people into houses. The only way we can do this is to make sure there are
affordable houses on the market. One of the ways to do this is through public–private
partnerships. I would like to mention two projects in the electorate of Perth.
The first one is the One on Aberdeen project, which is in Northbridge. It is a
partnership between the Department of Housing and Diploma. The way it worked
was that the department had the land on Aberdeen Street and by going into
partnership with the department, Diploma Group was able to secure finance and
the 14-storey building was constructed. The 14-storey building comprises seven
commercial units and 161 mixed-use residential units. Of those 161 units, 66
were reserved exclusively for affordable outcomes, 17 units were reserved for
social housing, 17 were reserved for sale under the national rental
affordability scheme, 18 were allocated for sale under the shared equity scheme
and 14 were reserved for essential workers. A further 14 of the remaining 95 units
have been offered for sale at prices that are affordable to people on moderate
incomes. As a result, almost 50 per cent of One on Aberdeen was offered as an
affordable entry point for people in the Western Australian housing market.
The other public–private partnership is a similar
project in West Perth known as Abode. That is a 10-storey building with 86 apartments,
which are all one or two-bedroom apartments. They will be offered as shared
equity and there will be some rental opportunities. It is very close to public
transport. This is a very innovative project and members opposite might be
interested in this, particularly those who support public transport. Apartments
in this tower will be offered without car bays because it is very close to bike
paths, the railway station and other public transport modes. It is really a
trial, a test, to see what consumer appetite will be like and how it goes.
Obviously, they will be cheaper, because a car bay is not being paid for. That
is another clever, innovative way that my department and this government are
looking at providing affordable houses to Western Australians. We are not just
providing social houses, although we are still doing that as part of our
affordable housing strategy; we are making sure we have affordable houses so we
can get people out of social housing into their own houses, which frees up the
list for another person on the waiting list for a social house, and some people
will not even have to go to social housing because they will be able to get
their own house. This is a very good strategy, and just to update the house on
our target of 20 000 new housing opportunities, we are well over 16 500 as of
today.
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